The leading AI chipmaker has been rocked by allegations its chief executive had an affair with a Chinese spy.
Washington | US President Donald Trump said the FBI is looking into Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman who is reportedly suspected to have been a Chinese intelligence officer.
Despite the allegations, Trump said that he spoke to Huang on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) to ask how he was doing. The president also praised Huang as a “very honourable man.”
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The Republican-led Congress wants to see Jensen Huang in Washington before Democrats take control in January.
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