Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces scrutiny over affair with suspected Chinese spy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an extramarital affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy, prompting scrutiny from inside the company, Congress and the courts. According to reports by the Financial Times and others, intelligence held by the Trump administration says the woman, Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive in Singapore, was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) to gather information on Nvidia; the Chinese government flatly denied the allegations. Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation, saying there is no reason to believe that national security or company secrets have been leaked but that it would review all available information; three Republican House committee chairs demanded a closed-door briefing with Huang to determine the degree of risk to U.S. national security. Trump defended Huang, saying the FBI was already involved and that he believed Huang did not know the other party was a spy. Huang successfully lobbied this year to allow Nvidia to sell some AI chips to Beijing, while House Minority Leader Jeffries expressed strong support for Senate provisions restricting China's access to chips.