China reportedly recruited AI exec Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Original title: China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang
According to The New York Times, China's Ministry of State Security recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, seeking information about American AI chips and potentially to influence Nvidia to make its most advanced chips available to China. Megaspeed is an Nvidia customer, and Alice Huang has relationships with top AI chip industry executives including leaders at Gigabyte.
Why it mattersThe NYT report says China's intelligence agency recruited an executive at an Nvidia customer to gather information on US AI chips and push for access to Nvidia's most advanced chips, adding detail to the reported spy plot.
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China’s intelligence agency recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) enlisted her to glean information about American AI chips and “potentially influence the company to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China.” Megaspeed is a customer of Nvidia’s, and Alice Huang also has “relationships with executives at the highest levels of the A.I. chip industry,” including leaders at Gigabyte, the NYT says.
Last week, the NYT reported that Jensen Huang was seen as the target of a “Chinese spy plot” and shared details about Alice Huang and Jensen Huang’s relationship, but the information that China’s MSS had recruited her is new.
The NYT describes the relationship between Alice Huang and Jensen Huang, who are not related, as “close.” President Trump, who is friendly with Jensen Huang, was briefed last year about the relationship, but didn’t take any action. Yesterday, three House committees asked Jensen Huang to appear for a joint, closed-door briefing on his “interactions” with Alice Huang.
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