China Reportedly Recruited Megaspeed Executive to Spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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According to The New York Times, China's Ministry of State Security enlisted Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather information on American AI chips. The agency reportedly also wanted her to push Nvidia toward making its most advanced chips available to China. Megaspeed is a customer of Nvidia, and Huang reportedly has ties to senior figures across the AI chip industry, including at Gigabyte. The NYT had previously reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was seen as the target of the alleged spy plot. The article is an excerpt, and the full details are available at The Verge.

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