Research found that multiple Chinese AI models carry NVIDIA Blackwell GPU fingerprints

According to an analysis released by Unemployment Labs on November 12, 2026, researchers conducted forensic-level tracing of publicly available model weights and found that six recently released AI models from DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, and Ant Group contain digital fingerprints matching the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture.

The study indicates that these models used high-end hardware subject to U.S. export controls during the initialization phase. Although this fingerprinting technology cannot track the specific location or acquisition method of the chips, nor can it prove whether export rules have been violated, the technical evidence suggests that these leading Chinese AI developers have begun utilizing the Blackwell architecture for model training. Researchers ruled out the possibility of other hardware and noted that this analytical method has been validated against known model training hardware.