Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang linked to alleged China spy scheme

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is at the center of an espionage scandal after US intelligence officials reportedly believe his alleged girlfriend, Alice Huang, was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to facilitate $7.5 billion in chip shipments to China. Alice Huang, a 43-year-old Chinese national, allegedly used her proximity to Jensen Huang to aid illegal chip transfers. She served as a director of Megaspeed International, a company under investigation for providing Chinese firms with unauthorized access to American chips, with unused Nvidia devices found at its Malaysia data center. The US has restricted sales of Nvidia's most powerful chips to China, and the alleged scheme has raised Washington's concerns about China gaining access to advanced AI technology. Nvidia has denied wrongdoing, stating it had no reason to believe its chips were diverted.