WASHINGTON, Oct 2 — US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300 million (RM1.23 billion) worth of computer servers to China, the Department of Justice announced.
Greg Lui, 38, of California, also known as “Yiu Kong Lui,” allegedly used false paperwork and shipments through third countries to smuggle the export-controlled computer servers to China, the department said in a statement Thursday.
The servers contained “US-manufactured graphics processing units (GPUs) commonly used for Super Intelligence (SI),” it added, using the Trump administration’s new name for artificial intelligence (AI).
“Protecting America’s national security means keeping our advanced Super Intelligence technology from being used to strengthen our adversaries’ military capabilities,” California prosecutor Bill Essayli said.
