China’s Ministry of State Security recruited Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Jensen Huang
U.S. officials assessed that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on U.S. surveillance. The reported effort aimed to learn about American AI chips and potentially influence Nvidia to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China.
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According to people briefed on U.S. surveillance, the newspaper reported that Megaspeed executive Alice Huang had been enlisted by China’s Ministry of State Security to collect information on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The sources said Beijing sought insight into U.S. AI chip technology and may have hoped to sway Nvidia into backing sales of its most advanced chips to China. The Times said U.S. officials assessed that Alice Huang was working directly for Beijing’s top intelligence agency, a finding it said had not previously been reported. Megaspeed is an Nvidia customer, and Alice Huang has relationships with executives at the highest levels of the AI-chip industry, including leaders at Gigabyte, according to the Times. U.S. spy agencies have focused on China’s interest in Jensen Huang and what Beijing hoped to achieve through the relationship, the newspaper reported.
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The New York Times reports that U.S. officials assessed Alice Huang was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang. Gizmodo and The Verge report the same recruitment claim while attributing it to The New York Times.