The New York Times أول من نشرت الخبر: مذكرة استخباراتية أمريكية تدّعي أن مديرة تنفيذية في مجال التقنية جُنّدت من قِبل جهاز أمن الدولة الصيني للتجسس على الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Nvidia، جنسن هوانغ. وبحسب تقارير إعلامية متعددة، جرى تداول هذه المذكرة في وقت سابق من هذا العام.
There were reports that a financial outlet had added an explosive detail to the mix: the memo reportedly alleged a romantic relationship between Jensen Huang and the executive, Alice Huang, who works at a Singapore-based company called Megaspeed. The story sits at the heart of the US-China AI rivalry, where Nvidia's chips and the people who run the company are treated as strategic assets. Nvidia denied the claims, telling the NYT that Jensen Huang's interactions with Alice Huang were "not unusual" and that the company does not share classified information with its customers.
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The memo, reportedly based on US intelligence, is said to name Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, as a recruit tasked with getting close to Nvidia's chief executive. The New York Times had previously reported that Jensen Huang was a target of Chinese intelligence, and the Financial Times' follow-up added the allegation of a romantic relationship between the two.
No official response has emerged from Megaspeed or Chinese authorities regarding the memo's claims. The allegations remain unproven, and no charges or official findings have been announced, so the account rests on reporting about a document that has not been made public.
The espionage claims are unfolding alongside separate scrutiny of how advanced Nvidia chips reach Chinese buyers. A New York Times report examined New Matrix, a Chinese company authorized by the US Commerce Department to buy advanced Nvidia chips, but reporters at its listed office address found only "a hollow gray shell," raising concerns it could be a front for a blacklisted private equity firm.
Nvidia rejected any suggestion of impropriety in its sales, with a spokesperson saying the company sells "the first, best and most of our technology in America." The two threads, an alleged intelligence operation and questions over chip buyers, feed the same anxiety in Washington: that the most valuable AI hardware in the world is being pulled into geopolitical fights faster than rules can keep up.
- A US intelligence memo circulated earlier this year, per multiple media reports.
- The New York Times reported the memo first, citing US intelligence.
