China state media says Nvidia H20 GPUs are unsafe and outdated, urges Chinese companies to avoid them — says chip is ‘neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe’ (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

state media

Although the headlining statement is not from a government source, China often uses state-linked social media accounts to shape its agenda and signal changes in its official stance without making a direct commitment. So, the criticism may be part of a broader campaign to steer domestic firms away from foreign AI hardware and toward homegrown alternatives like Huawei’s Ascend chips.

So if it were in the US, the story would read "Congressman X said Y on Z website", but because it's in big scary China, everything must be flattened into the undifferentiated hive-mind of "state media". I fucking hate that.

[-] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

They're not wrong though, Global Times editorial is an example of CPC telling English readers what they want hear, one could argue how much commitment there is behind these sources but they are representative.

The Economist and WSJ also speaks for the capitalist class, WSP literally interfered in the election. I don't see the big deal or embarrassment about China having their "official unofficial" media.

Think about the opposite, would you allow your state affiliated media to just talk random shit that could seriously affect the economy and foreign relations?

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, but anglo sources are never labeled with the "state media" thought-terminating epithet. It's the double standard I have a problem with.

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