Nvidia chips used to power advanced AI are finding their way to the Chinese military despite US blockade

• Nvidia, an American company, makes powerful chips that are fueling a global AI boom.
• The US limits the kind of chips Nvidia can sell in China to hinder the country's AI development.
• But smugglers are skirting the blockade, funneling chips to China's military, the Times reported.

A network of smugglers is helping the Chinese military obtain powerful microchips made by Nvidia, an American company, all under the nose of a US national security blockade meant to curb China's AI development.