China’s cyberspace regulator said Thursday that it had summoned representatives of U.S. tech giant Nvidia to explain alleged security vulnerability risks involving its highly sought-after H20 artificial intelligence chips.

China’s cyber regulator on Thursday said it had called in Nvidia for a meeting over alleged “serious security issues” with the company’s artificial intelligence chips. It said US AI experts had “revealed that Nvidia’s computing chips have location tracking and can remotely shut down the technology”.

China's cyberspace regulator said it has asked U.S. semiconductor maker Nvidia to explain whether its H20 artificial intelligence chips have any backdoor security risks.