Moonshot AI's Use of Nvidia Chips from Alibaba Sparks U.S. Scrutiny
Chinese AI company Moonshot has entered into a computing agreement with Alibaba Group, allowing it to utilize approximately 20,000 Nvidia chips. This arrangement is pivotal for powering Moonshot's Kimi models, including the recently unveiled Kimi K3, which boasts a 2.8-trillion-parameter model. The Kimi K3 model is noted for its performance, which rivals that of U.S. AI systems like Anthropic's Fable model. The use of Nvidia's Hopper generation chips, and potentially the newer Blackwell processors, has drawn attention from U.S. officials. The White House's top tech adviser, Michael Kratsios, has accused Moonshot of using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model to develop Kimi K3, raising concerns about intellectual property and export control violations.