Nvidia probes whether CEO Huang was target of foreign spying as he admits affair
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- ✓Nvidia is investigating whether CEO Jensen Huang was a target of foreign spying after he admitted to an affair.
- ✓The board started an inquiry following reports that Huang had a relationship with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
- ✓"My actions hurt her and our children," Huang said, expressing deep regret.
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The developments are likely to pressure the chipmaker's stock, which has already seen sharp declines recently amid worries about AI sustainability, and may also raise questions about Huang's future at the helm of the company he co-founded.
The New York Times reported last month that Huang had a relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based company Megaspeed, whom US authorities investigated and concluded was a Chinese intelligence asset.
US authorities have scrutinized Megaspeed, which buys AI chips from Nvidia, over suspicions it helped Beijing gain access to advanced AI chips that are barred from shipment to China.
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