Nvidia investigates CEO's affair with suspected Chinese spy

BBC update

US tech giant Nvidia opens an independent investigation into claims its CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a Chinese spy.

Huang admits to being unfaithful to his wife: "There is no excuse for what I did".

Nvidia - one of the most valuable firms in the world - says the investigation will look at reports that Huang was "the target of a foreign intelligence effort".

The firm says it has no reason to believe Nvidia's secrets or national security were compromised, but it will "examine all available information".

The New York Times first reported last month that Jensen Huang had a close relationship with Alice Huang, a boss at a Singapore-based data centre company - and that she was suspected of giving information to China.

Jensen Huang - who moved from Taiwan to the US as a child - says he is committed to "America's national security".

Nvidia designs some of the most sophisticated AI chips on the planet - and since 2022 the US has used various export controls to keep its top tech out of China.