Check your subscription status, update your details and more. An espionage scandal has hit the biggest company in the world, and the fallout has the potential to destabilise economies that rely on its AI chips. Columnist Jacob Aron explains how Nvidia became the lynchpin to the AI industry You have almost certainly seen the headlines – Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has resigned after admitting to an affair with Alice Huang (no relation), who is suspected by US intelligence officials of being a Chinese spy (a claim China dismisses).
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