Nvidia announces probe into Huang amid reports China spied on him.
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Chip giant Nvidia’s board announced Sunday it had opened a probe into chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman US officials say was working for Chinese intelligence.
Late last month, The New York Times reported that US intelligence officials concluded that Alice Huang, a Chinese executive linked to a Singapore-based data center company called Megaspeed, had been funnelling information to Beijing.
The executive, also known as Huang Le, and no relation to 63-year-old Taiwanese-born Jensen Huang, developed a close relationship with the Nvidia boss, the Times said. In a message to company employees released Sunday, the Nvidia chief acknowledged having an affair and apologized to his family and company staff. I am deeply sorry.” Jensen Huang is a huge figure in the artificial intelligence revolution and a close informal adviser to US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly spoken out against regulating the industry so as not to let China gain the upper hand in the AI race. The Times said Alice Huang’s relationship with the Nvidia chief could have given her insights into Trump’s thinking around AI.
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