China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang

Nvidia’s CEO is reportedly the target of a ‘Chinese spy plot’ for intelligence on American AI chips. Nvidia’s CEO is reportedly the target of a ‘Chinese spy plot’ for intelligence on American AI chips. China’s intelligence agency recruitedMegaspeedexecutive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang,according toThe New York Times.The Ministry of State Security (MSS) enlisted her to glean information about American AI chips and “potentially influence the company to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China.”Megaspeedis a customer of Nvidia’s, and Alice Huang also has “relationships with executives at the highest levels of the A.I. chip industry,” including leaders at Gigabyte, theNYTsays. Last week, theNYTreported thatJensen Huang was seen as the target of a “Chinese spy plot” and shared details about Alice Huang and Jensen Huang’s relationship, but the information that China’s MSS had recruited her is new. TheNYTdescribes the relationship between Alice Huang and Jensen Huang, who are not related, as “close.” President Trump, who isfriendly with Jensen Huang, was briefed last year about the relationship, but didn’t take any action. Yesterday,three House committees askedJensen Huang to appear for a joint, closed-door briefing on his “interactions” with Alice Huang. A free daily digest of the news that matters most. This is the title for the native ad