The Huang Filecase file · v0.1
claim C-0047 Opinion / statement

DePue: "it’s clear that the export bans are deeply failing"

“In either case, it’s clear that the export bans are deeply failing.”
Exact wording, per S-0044
Date
2026-11-12
Claimed by
Will DePue (named)
Via
S-0044 · X (post + thread)
Topics
blackwell, export-controls
File
claims/C-0047-depue-its-clear-that-the-export-bans-are-deeply-failing.md

Policy conclusion. The preceding sentences concede the method "tells us nothing about where these chips physically are", whether they were smuggled into China or used abroad "through gaps that Congress has not closed".

Sources

  • S-0044 · X (post + thread) · 2026-11-12 · link (full)

Related

  • F-0043 The DePue report states its own limits: initialization is not training, and location, ownership and legality are not established

Referenced by (1)

  • claim C-0050 DePue rebuttal: 24 of 24 known cases match; training jobs create weights on their own GPUs; renting a Blackwell would still mean using a barred chip