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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have been targeted by suspected Chinese spy: report
Fox Business • • business
Key Points:
- U.S. officials determined that Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed suspected of spying for China, gained access to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, raising concerns about sensitive information exposure.
- Megaspeed, which uses Nvidia chips to build data centers for rental computing power, has been under U.S. scrutiny for potential evasion of export controls on high-end AI chips.
- Despite multiple meetings between Alice Huang and Nvidia's CEO, the Trump administration reportedly took no action after being briefed, as it was unclear if Jensen Huang knew about her alleged intelligence activities.
- Nvidia stated that meetings with customers like Alice Huang are routine for the CEO and expressed confidence that the U.S. government would alert them if any threats existed; China denied the espionage allegations.
- In January, the Trump administration eased restrictions on Nvidia AI chip exports to China, allowing sales of the H200 chip with a 25% fee and monitoring to safeguard national security.
