China is recruiting women to get access to the heads of artificial intelligence giants.
US intelligence agencies have concluded that Beijing is using women as a recruitment tool for leaders of major technology corporations. The plan revealed during the investigation does not include hacker attacks, but the creation of close relationships with senior executives who have access to proprietary developments in the field of artificial intelligence.
The central figure in the investigation was businesswoman Huang Le (Alice Huang), who is suspected of having ties to the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China. According to sources, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in her sights - according to the memo, they had a close relationship. The goal, researchers believe, was to obtain information about the latest American chips and influence the corporation's export policy so that advanced technologies would still find their way to the Chinese market.
Huang denies a romantic relationship, calling for business communication only, and Nvidia emphasizes that the company does not transfer sensitive data to customers. In Congress, several House committees have already demanded an explanation from Nvidia in a closed briefing. Beijing called the publications "manufactured".
According to experts, the case with Nvidia is only the tip of the iceberg: Chinese intelligence services increasingly see the leaders of the technology giants as priority targets, because they control critical developments and are able to influence decisions that Beijing needs at the highest level.
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