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China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang
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 advance
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Both outlets center on the same allegation that a Chinese intelligence service recruited an AI-sector executive connected to Jensen Huang. The New York Times frames the story around U.S. intelligence concluding that Alice Huang was an asset of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security, while The Verge explicitly reports the claim as coming from the Times and adds that she was a Megaspeed executive. The Verge alone also says the alleged task involved gleaning information on American AI chips and possibly influencing Nvidia.
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