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China allegedly recruited an AI executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO, aiming to steal chip secrets and pressure the company to sell advanced technology to Beijing.
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China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang
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China's intelligence agency recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) enlisted her to glean information about American AI chips and "potentially influence the company to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China." Megaspeed is a customer of Nvidia's, and Alice Huang also has "relationships with executives at the highest levels of the A.I. chip industry," including leaders at Gigabyte, the NYT says. Last week, the NYT reported that Jensen Huang was seen as the target of a "Chinese spy plot" and shared details about Al … Read the full story at The Verge.
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