Financial Times: The woman at the centre of the Nvidia spying scandal pitched an AI chips deal to China-based investors, touting her ability to secure the US company’s coveted GPUs and her commercial relationship with Chinese tech giant Alibaba.
…Under current US export controls, it is legal for Chinese companies to lease data centre capacity outside the country. But Chinese ownership of these data centre assets, mostly advanced Nvidia GPUs, is not allowed…
Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention
Investigators at the Commerce Department were deep into a monthslong investigation of a Singaporean company that they suspected of smuggling Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips into China when their work came to a sudden halt late last year.
The investigation centered on Megaspeed, a data center company led by an executive who U.S. officials now believe to be a Chinese spy who had a relationship with Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang…
Nvidia Chief Told Trump He Did Not Know Chinese Woman Was Suspected Spy
President Trump said Monday that Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, told him that he was not aware that a Chinese businesswoman with whom he was having a romantic relationship was an intelligence operative for Beijing.
“I asked him that question: ‘Did you have any idea that she was a spy?’” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House. “He said, ‘I had no idea that she was a spy,’ and I really believe him.’”…
Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
Huang’s defenders framed his affair as a personal lapse in judgment rather than evidence of treachery against the US, which has imposed strict limits on what chips Nvidia can sell to China.
Huang, who has been married to his wife, Lori, since 1985, admitted in an email to employees on Sunday that he had an affair and that he would cooperate with an internal investigation. Nvidia’s board of directors put out a statement the same day that the company was launching a probe regarding reports that Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort…
Trump says FBI probing Nvidia CEO Huang as China controversy deepens
Trump said he “was amazed” by allegations about Huang, among the president’s closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that the woman was a spy.
“I know the FBI is looking into it,” Trump said. “I think that he’ll be in good shape,” he added…
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