China's Main Intelligence Agency Reportedly Recruited The Spy Who Targeted NVIDIA's CEO
US officials believe Jensen Huang was romantically involved with the reported spy, Alice Huang.
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The New York Times has revealed more details about China's efforts to spy on NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. In late October, the publication reported that China used Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore data center firm Megaspeed, to spy on the NVIDIA CEO. Now, the publication has revealed that it was China's Ministry of State Security, the country's main intelligence agency and its CIA counterpart, that recruited Alice Huang to gather information on him.
According to The Times, her recruitment was part of the country's efforts to learn more about the USA's artificial intelligence plans. In addition, China was reportedly hoping that she could influence the executive to get the US government's permission to ship its more advanced chips to the country. As the CEO of the world's top AI chip producer,...
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