Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to having an affair with a woman suspected by the United States of being a Chinese spy, as the tech giant initiated an internal investigation into the matter.
Huang made the admission in an email sent to Nvidia employees on Sunday, following the launch of the company's internal review. The development has drawn widespread attention across the global tech sector.
The controversy emerged on November 7 after The New York Times reported that the woman, identified as Alice Huang, had established a close relationship with Jensen Huang while allegedly working for a Chinese intelligence service.
According to the report, Alice Huang was an executive at an Asian tech firm named Megaspeed International. US intelligence agencies informed the Trump administration of their belief that she had been hired to gather sensitive information from Huang on behalf of Beijing's Ministry of State Security.
Nvidia is the world's leading designer of advanced artificial intelligence processors, making its corporate leadership and intellectual property prime targets amid growing technological competition between Washington and Beijing.
The company's internal probe aims to establish whether any proprietary data, intellectual property, or confidential corporate materials were compromised during the relationship.
Source: The New York Times
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