Because of the love affair of the head of Nvidia in the US, they started talking about a threat to national security.
Nvidia's board of directors has launched an investigation following reports that the company's CEO Jensen Huang was romantically involved with a woman who US authorities suspect of passing information to Chinese intelligence.
We're talking about Alice Huang, the former CEO of Mega Speed International, a company that partnered with Nvidia to build data centers in Asia. According to US officials, she can pass information obtained during her work to the Chinese government.
Jensen Huang himself publicly admitted his adultery and apologized to his family and Nvidia employees. He has been married to his wife Lori for about 40 years, and the couple has two grown children.
"I owe an apology to my family and to all of you. There is no excuse for what I did," wrote the head of the company.
However, the story went far beyond a personal scandal. American agencies have been looking into the activities of Mega-Speed and its possible connections with China for more than a year. Special attention is paid to the risk of transferring advanced American chips and access to computing power to Chinese customers.
Amidst the scandal, Republican Senator John Cornyn called for an investigation in the US Congress. At the same time, Donald Trump supported Huang, calling him an honest person and noting his contribution to the development of the American technology industry.
Nvidia's board of directors still sees no reason to believe that company secrets or national security have been compromised. The investigation will continue with the participation of independent directors and outside consultants.
For Nvidia, which has a market value of $4.5 trillion, the scandal is particularly sensitive: The company is at the center of the global boom in artificial intelligence, and its technology plays an important role in the technological rivalry between the United States and China.
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