Nvidia: Jensen Huang admits affair with alleged Chinese spy

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Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, admitted on Sunday to having cheated on his wife. According to the New York Times, he had a relationship with Alice Huang, an executive suspected by American intelligence services of spying for Beijing. The artificial intelligence chip giant has opened an independent investigation, while the US Congress demands explanations.

I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There's no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.

According to the New York Times, U.S. intelligence identified Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, as a source for China's Ministry of State Security, Beijing's main spy service. Unrelated to Jensen Huang despite their common name, she would have transmitted information to the Chinese authorities. Beijing rejects these accusations, which it describes as “unfounded speculation”.

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Nvidia's board of directors entrusted the investigation to a committee of independent directors, assisted by outside lawyers. He claims to have “no reason to believe” that company secrets or American national security have been compromised.

Jensen Huang, who has pledged to cooperate, remains as CEO. The investigation will notably have to determine whether sensitive information was disclosed and to what extent the leader could have been targeted by Chinese services.

Alice Huang was a senior executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that provides computing power for artificial intelligence.

The company is under investigation for potentially facilitating the flow of Nvidia chips to China, circumventing U.S. export restrictions. Singaporean authorities have confirmed that they are continuing their investigations into Megaspeed, but deny having investigated Alice Huang's links with Chinese intelligence.

According to the New York Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had alerted other Trump administration officials about the relationship. Questioned on Sunday, Donald Trump defended Jensen Huang, whom he considers an “honorable” man, while recognizing that “you never know what happens”.

Three Republican elected officials, Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, asked the Nvidia boss to participate in a closed-door hearing on November 18. They want details about its relationship with Alice Huang and the measures taken by the group to protect its technologies from foreign espionage.

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