buzz@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair, board to launch investigationwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square143linkfedilinkarrow-up1690arrow-down18
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minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days agoShe is suspected of being a Chinese spy. As in: an agent of foreign state sent to honeypot Huang and steal secrets. Keep in mind that the GPU is a heavily regulated market with China being sanctioned - no exports of modern GPUs to China are legal. (notice how nervously dismissing Jensen always is when asked about the black market GeForce cards already in China)
minus-squarePixel_Jock_17@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI was not aware of this. So interesting and confusing to me as CPUs are readily available from China afaik
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agohttps://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/12/trump-administration-issues-executive-order-on-national-ai-policy-framework Is about very specific CPU/GPU
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoTrump started allowing some GPUs to be sold after a few bribes
minus-squareNonconfrontationaI@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·22 hours agoSuspected by who and with what evidence?
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agoHere you go: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/technology/nvidia-investigation-jensen-huang-china.html In short: she’s the head of a weird company that works “totally outside of China” while having business relationships with multiple Chinese companies, and having been created as an offshoot a Chinese company directly connected to the CCP.
minus-squareNonconfrontationaI@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoSo just speculation?
She is suspected of being a Chinese spy. As in: an agent of foreign state sent to honeypot Huang and steal secrets.
Keep in mind that the GPU is a heavily regulated market with China being sanctioned - no exports of modern GPUs to China are legal.
(notice how nervously dismissing Jensen always is when asked about the black market GeForce cards already in China)
I was not aware of this. So interesting and confusing to me as CPUs are readily available from China afaik
https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/12/trump-administration-issues-executive-order-on-national-ai-policy-framework
Is about very specific CPU/GPU
Trump started allowing some GPUs to be sold after a few bribes
Suspected by who and with what evidence?
Here you go:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/technology/nvidia-investigation-jensen-huang-china.html
In short: she’s the head of a weird company that works “totally outside of China” while having business relationships with multiple Chinese companies, and having been created as an offshoot a Chinese company directly connected to the CCP.
So just speculation?