Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, is facing scrutiny and the company's stock is sliding after revelations of an alleged affair with a woman believed by US intelligence to be a Chinese spy.
The article details a major scandal impacting Nvidia, one of the world's largest companies and a leader in AI technology. Its CEO, Jensen Huang, worth an estimated $150 billion, is under pressure as the company's stock declines. This follows Sunday's emergence of an alleged affair between Huang and a woman US intelligence services suspect is a Chinese spy. Global technology editor Dan Milmo discusses the scandal's repercussions across Silicon Valley and financial markets. Helen Pidd questions how the head of such a technologically advanced company, responsible for the superchips powering the AI boom, could allegedly fall victim to what is described as one of the oldest espionage ruses.
