NYT discloses classified document involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and a suspected Chinese spy, drafted under the direct supervision of Secretary of State Rubio

According to The New York Times, a classified document warning that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy was drafted under the direct supervision of U.S. Secretary of State Rubio and distributed to senior Trump administration officials this spring. The document was drafted based on U.S. wiretap data on Alice Huang, an executive at the Singapore data center company Megaspeed, whom U.S. authorities determined had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security. Authorities are also investigating whether Megaspeed was involved in smuggling restricted NVIDIA AI chips to China; the company has purchased about 2 billion USD worth of NVIDIA products over the past few years. The document was distributed to officials holding high-level security clearances before Trump's visit to China in May; Jensen Huang was initially not on the list of business leaders accompanying the trip and was later added at Trump's request, and whether this was related to the document has not been confirmed. The New York Times noted that senior government officials had long known about Huang's private life and China-related intelligence concerns, and that he holds considerable influence over Trump while advocating for loosening AI chip export controls.