Singapore has promised to work closely with the US authorities to probe allegations over China's AI firm DeepSeek, obtaining Nvidia chips through proxies.

Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry issued a statement on Saturday (Feb 1) following reports that Chinese company DeepSeek could have used US chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China.

China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence chatbot is making waves in the U.S. and stoking an already intense technology competition with America's adversary.