Nvidia ‘honeytrap’ scandal rocks AI industry as tech stocks recover from slump – business live
What happened
Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort, after he admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
Huang sent staff a memo acknowledging the relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese executive at Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer, according to ABC.
Nvidia shares fell as much as 8 per cent in US trading on Monday morning, according to ABC; the Guardian put the drop at 5%.
US President Donald Trump, who counts Huang as an adviser on artificial intelligence, told reporters he believes the CEO is honourable and should stay in the job.
The New York Times also reported that a US commerce department probe into Megaspeed stalled after Nvidia's general counsel contacted investigators, and that the justice department is running a criminal inquiry.
“The allegations regarding so-called Chinese spies are pure groundless speculation and slander.”
ABC
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