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China appears determined to acquire America’s most advanced computing technology – but how far might it go to get it?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly acknowledged having an affair, amid reports raising questions about whether the woman involved had links to Chinese intelligence.
Nvidia’s board said it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security have been compromised, though it’s launched an independent investigation into the matter. The revelations have also raised broader questions about China’s longstanding efforts to acquire American technology, including through espionage.
On The Global Story, host Asma Khalid speaks to Randy Schriver and Mike Kuiken of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission about the national security implications – and what the Nvidia scandal could mean for America’s approach to selling advanced chips to China. Plus, BBC economics editor Faisal Islam offers a behind-the-scenes look at Jensen Huang, the man at the centre of it all, and his extraordinary influence over the global AI race.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Why is Nvidia's CEO affair leading to political shockwaves?
1:57 - Faisal Islam explains what Nvidia does
3:56 - Who is Jensen Huang?
5:44 - Faisal's impressions of Jensen
7:22 - Jensen's affair and what we know
9:55 - What national security concerns could there be?
10:30 - The relationship between Huang and Trump
13:33 - Is he a CEO that is too big to fail?
18:33 - Intro to Randy and Mike
20:21 - When they saw this news what did they think?
21:57 - What is the commissions view on selling AI chips to China?
24:07 - Are there legitimate security concerns?
25:11 - How widespread is Chinese espionage?
29:48 - Is Nvidia's story going to lead to tangible consequences?
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