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Trump says FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO over alleged Chinese spy affair
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive whom U.S. intelligence agencies suspect of being a spy for Beijing.[106, 142] Nvidia announced that its board is investigating reports that its CEO was targeted by what it called "a foreign intelligence effort."[124] President Donald Trump said Monday the FBI is looking into the affair and defended Huang as "a fine person," adding "you never know what's going on."[127, 131, 158]
China denied allegations of a spy plot involving Jensen Huang, calling reports of a foreign intelligence effort unsubstantiated.[154] The Information reported that Jensen Huang's ties to Alice Huang date back to at least 2023 and facilitated shipments of at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips through Chinese companies.[4, 208]
Why it matters Nvidia and Jensen Huang were sued by shareholders over the affair, and lawmakers are weighing tighter restrictions on China's access to advanced AI chips.[23, 109]
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Background What to Know About Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Chinese Spy Scandal
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 55 rated outlets that covered it, 17 are left of center (3 of them in the Left group), 22 are center and 16 are right of center (12 of them in the Right group). 16 more are not rated.
- Left: Truthdig (−2.09), Mother Jones (−1.71), The American Prospect (−1.29).
- Leans left: Daily Kos (−1.22), Slate (−1.18), AlterNet (−1.16), New York Magazine (−1.13), The New Republic (−1.09), HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), The New Yorker (−0.85), Talking Points Memo (−0.78), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Vanity Fair (−0.61), NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Mashable (−0.45), The Bulwark (−0.38), Newsweek (−0.30), Fortune (−0.25), The Economist (−0.23), Politico (−0.22), Foreign Policy (−0.20), ABC News (−0.19), International Business Times (−0.14), CBS News (−0.14), Business Insider (−0.09), Axios (−0.05), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17), Forbes (+0.19), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), New York Post (+0.64), The Dispatch (+0.85), The American Conservative (+1.06).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), National Review (+1.59), Fox Business (+1.66), Blaze Media (+1.71), The Daily Caller (+1.91), Breitbart (+2.03), The Daily Wire (+2.07), The Political Insider (+2.65), One America News Network (+2.69), Conservative Review (+2.76).
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