US investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO
A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.
TL;DR
- Alice Huang, a top executive at Singapore AI cloud firm Megaspeed, was reportedly under U.S. intelligence surveillance.
- Concerns existed that Huang, photographed with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, might be a Chinese spy gathering information.
- Megaspeed was previously investigated for allegedly reselling restricted Nvidia chips to Chinese companies, violating export regulations.
- Nvidia stated that Jensen Huang's interactions with Alice Huang were standard customer engagements and that ordinary business information was shared.