Nvidia dismisses report alleging Chinese executive tied to CEO passed intel to Beijing

Nvidia is dismissing a new report that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese intelligence asset, stating the diversion allegations were “thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.” 

The New York Times published a report on Thursday finding American spy agencies last year discovered Alice Huang, an executive at the Singapore-based data center Megaspeed, funneled information to Beijing while developing a “close relationship” with Nvidia’s Huang.

According to the report, President Trump was briefed about the intelligence about a year ago but did not take further action with the intel. Trump, the Times reported, was hesitant to interfere with Nvidia’s chip sales and U.S.’s trading relationship with China. 

The Nvidia chief, a key Trump ally, has navigated a delicate trade war between the U.S. and China over the past year-and-a-half. Amid fierce competition on AI development, the U.S. has restricted most advanced tech infrastructure sales to Beijing, though the Trump administration allowed Nvidia to sell some of its older AI chips to China last........

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