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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang linked to Chinese spy in shocking U.S. intelligence claims

A new report suggests the U.S. government believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a relationship with a woman linked to China’s intelligence agency.

American intelligence allegedly reported Huang was involved with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a customer of Nvidia, and a suspected Chinese Ministry of State Security recruit.

The U.S. is investigating Megaspeed for potentially smuggling advanced chips to China.

Neither Nvidia, the White House, nor the CIA have commented on the allegations.

View of the NVIDIA headquarters from 2005.
View of the NVIDIA headquarters from 2005. Photo: Kevin McCarthy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Spy allegations

Prior to the claim, Congress requested Huang for a hearing about a separate claim concerning Chinese espionage.

Jensen Huang has had multiple meetings with Donald Trump, lobbying for Nvidia’s exports to China.

Rush Doshi from the Council on Foreign Relations sees this report as pivotal in U.S.-China policy.

He suggests that if true, this situation warrants a congressional probe due to potential corruption risks in China policy affecting AI safety.

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