AI giant Nvidia said Sunday it had opened an investigation into reports its CEO, Jensen Huang, had been the target of a foreign intelligence effort. In a statement shared to its website, the tech company said the independent investigation would look into the claims, after Huang wrote to staff in a note later shared with Newsweek that he had an affair. The New York Times reported the woman in question, a business executive, had been found to be a Chinese spy by United States officials.
The Times said Friday that a memo was shard among Trump administration officials last spring, showing the businesswoman had been working as a spy for China's Ministry of State Security. "The Board prioritizes U.S. national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders," Nvidia said in its statement. "While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board's inquiry will examine all available information." A spokesperson for Nvidia told Newsweek that the news would not slow the company down.
Newsweek reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment Sunday afternoon. This is a breaking news story.
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