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Singapore says US authorities, and Supermicro, hardly helped investigation of Jensen Huang’s Chinese friend

The Register · By Simon Sharwood ·

Singapore says US authorities, and Supermicro, hardly helped investigation of Jensen Huang’s Chinese friend

The Brief · written from 22 sources

  • House Republicans asked Jensen Huang for a closed-door briefing on his reported affair with a woman suspected of ties to Chinese intelligence, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said a subpoena could follow if he did not appear voluntarily.
  • Huang agreed to testify before Congress, per House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast, before Thanksgiving, likely behind closed doors.
  • US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ has not reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang was a Chinese spy, and the FBI is investigating.

Why it matters

Lawmakers from both parties are reportedly building support for tighter AI chip export controls, which could change how Nvidia hardware and compute can be accessed, including by Chinese companies renting it overseas.

Who’s affected

  • Companies that buy or rent Nvidia AI compute
  • Teams with business exposure to China AI chip export rules

The government of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed it investigated Alice Huang, the woman who is an alleged Chinese intelligence asset and had an intimate relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and a possible entanglement with troubled server-maker…

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Timeline

  1. House Republicans request a closed-door briefing from Jensen Huang on his reported affair with an alleged Chinese spy

  2. New York Times reports Huang also had a relationship with an Nvidia executive who reported to him

  3. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia China Scandal Demands Answers, Says Congressman

  4. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Congress to call Jensen Huang in to answer for alleged Chinese spy affair

  5. Bloomberg Technology

    Huang's Ties to Trump Under Scrutiny After Spy Claim

  6. Hacker News: Front Page

    Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him

  7. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    Jensen Huang now accused of affair with Nvidia executive who reported to him, alleged cover-up attempt — new indiscretion comes in wake of admitted affair with alleged Chinese spy

  8. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Jensen Huang accused of having another affair — with an Nvidia exec

  9. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline

  10. Huang agrees to testify before Congress, per Chairman Brian Mast, before Thanksgiving

  11. Democrats launch an investigation into Nvidia's China sales and dealings with Trump

  12. Alice Huang reportedly returns to Beijing

  13. Bloomberg Technology

    Alleged Chinese Spy at Center of Nvidia Firestorm Is in Beijing

  14. Techmeme

    Letter: Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons ask the Trump administration to preserve all documents tied to Nvidia's chip exports to China and Huang's affair (Wall Street Journal)

  15. Techmeme

    China hawks and Big Tech critics on Capitol Hill are building bipartisan support for tighter export controls as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang falls out of favor in DC (Joe Miller/Financial Times)

  16. Techmeme

    Sources: Chinese AI companies are rushing to rent Nvidia compute capacity overseas amid fears of tighter US restrictions after the Jensen Huang spy scandal (Reuters)

  17. Techmeme

    Beijing says "the US should stop fabricating the so-called Chinese spy narrative as a pretext for imposing technology restrictions"; Trump and Xi meet next week (Bloomberg)

  18. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    Suspected Chinese spy at center of Jensen Huang affair surfaces in Beijing

  19. Techmeme

    US House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast says Jensen Huang has agreed to testify to Congress before Thanksgiving, likely behind closed doors (Erik Wasson/Bloomberg)

  20. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress

  21. Bloomberg Technology

    US Probes If Alice Huang Helped Smuggle Super Micro Products

  22. Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Ex-NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is set to testify before Congress this month

  23. Bloomberg Technology

    Huang Affair Suggests 'Compromised Objectivity' Says Anna Ashton

  24. Techmeme

    US AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang was a Chinese spy and "of course" the FBI is investigating (Reuters)

  25. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Democrats launch Nvidia investigation, write scathing letter on Huang’s ‘scheme’ with Trump

  26. Singapore says it investigated Alice Huang and that US authorities and Supermicro gave little help

  27. Techmeme

    Sources: US officials disagree on whether Alice Huang spied on Jensen Huang for China; some at ODNI and CIA say intelligence collected so far doesn't prove it (CNN)

  28. www.theregister.com - Articles

    Singapore says US authorities, and Supermicro, hardly helped investigation of Jensen Huang’s Chinese friend

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