buzz@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair, board to launch investigationwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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-squareNonconfrontationaI@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoSuspected by who and with what evidence?
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 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-squarePixel_Jock_17@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 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-up0·1 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-up0·1 day agoTrump started allowing some GPUs to be sold after a few bribes
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)
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?
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