Classified reporting indicates that Megaspeed executive Alice Huang was allegedly recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to transmit sensitive data to Beijing. The development emerges while Megaspeed faces existing inquiries into whether it bypassed export controls to supply restricted hardware to Chinese entities. Meanwhile, Nvidia's chief executive had been lobbying the White House to loosen restrictions, securing permission to sell advanced H200 processors to Chinese buyers under an agreement mandating a 25 percent payment to the United States government.
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National security officials are concerned that critical artificial intelligence data may…: National security officials are concerned that critical artificial intelligence data may have been compromised through the alleged intelligence operation.
Nvidia maintains that customer interactions involve standard commercial discussions rathe…: Nvidia maintains that customer interactions involve standard commercial discussions rather than national security secrets or proprietary trade data.
Megaspeed announced its leadership is committed to uncovering the facts, while the Chines…: Megaspeed announced its leadership is committed to uncovering the facts, while the Chinese embassy rejected the intelligence findings as groundless smears.
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The US government believes Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with a Chinese woman suspected of spying for Beijing, according to a US intelligence memo cited by the Financial Times (FT).
The memo, prepared earlier this year using information gathered by American intelligence agencies, alleged that Huang was romantically involved with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed. US intelligence believes she was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security, the country's main intelligence agency, sources told FT.
The findings were reportedly circulated among a small group of senior US government officials shortly before President Donald Trump travelled to Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The allegations come amid growing scrutiny of Megaspeed over concerns that advanced Nvidia chips may have been diverted to China in violation of US export controls. The company, which was spun off from a Chinese gaming firm in 2023, buys chips to build data centres and rents computing capacity to customers, including those in China.
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