“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Had an Affair With a Chinese Spy” by Zvi
From LessWrong (30+ Karma) · 41:38
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Well, sure, it sounds bad when you put it like that. It is indeed quite bad. National security has been compromised. He must resign. Nvidia underperformed the Nasdaq roughly 7% on the news. Matt Levine has his usual ‘but is this securities fraud?’ style coverage of such events. Table of Contents Spy Versus Guy. In Hindsight There Were Some Hints. Trump Knew And Did Nothing and Still ‘Backs’ Jensen Huang. Reconsidering Jensen Huang's Arguments Against Export Controls. Jensen Huang Lied About the Affair. Jensen Huang and His AI Are Sorry, Everyone. The CEO of The World's Largest Chipmaker Having an Affair With a Chinese Spy and Then Selling Them Chips is a Huge Deal, Actually. We Don’t Go There. Yes, National Security Was Compromised, What Are You Even Talking About. Nvidia Intervened To Halt an Investigation into Megaspeed. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Would Like a Word. He Would Plausibly Have Treated America as an Obstacle Anyway. What China Wants. Time to Resign? You Better Watch Out. Spy Versus Guy China's top spy agency recruited Alice [...] ---Outline:(00:34) Spy Versus Guy(02:24) In Hindsight There Were Some Hints(05:09) Trump Knew And Did Nothing and Still 'Backs' Jensen Huang(07:40) Reconsidering Jensen Huang's Arguments Against Export Controls(09:02) Jensen Huang Lied About the Affair(10:48) Jensen Huang and His AI Are Sorry, Everyone(14:37) The CEO of The World's Largest Chipmaker Having an Affair With a Chinese Spy and Then Selling Them Chips is a Huge Deal, Actually(20:23) We Don't Go There(22:02) Yes, National Security Was Compromised, What Are You Even Talking About(25:04) Nvidia Intervened To Halt an Investigation into Megaspeed(27:37) The House Foreign Affairs Committee Would Like a Word(29:05) He Would Plausibly Have Treated America as an Obstacle Anyway(32:16) What China Wants(35:18) Time to Resign?(38:55) You Better Watch Out --- First published: November 10th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CjmuZz8QgGyqxkCxr/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-had-an-affair-with-a-chinese-spy --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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