China’s intelligence agency recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. She was recruited by the Ministry of State Security (MSS) to gather information on American AI chips and “potentially influence the company to push to make its most advanced chips available in China.” Megaspeed is an Nvidia customer and Alice Huang also has “relationships with executives at the highest levels of the AI chip industry,” including leaders at Gigabyte, the NOW says.
Last week, the NOW reported that Jensen Huang was seen as the target of a “Chinese espionage plot” and shared details about Alice Huang and Jensen Huang’s relationship, but information that China’s MSS had recruited her is new.
He NOW describes the relationship between Alice Huang and Jensen Huang, who are not related, as “close.” President Trump, who is a friend of Jensen Huang, was informed last year about the relationship but took no action. Yesterday, three House committees asked Jensen Huang to appear for a closed-door joint briefing on his “interactions” with Alice Huang.
