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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair, tied to an alleged Chinese spy, is spreading into Washington with bipartisan calls for investigations, PBS NewsHour reported. The affair involves Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based cloud computing company Megaspeed, who has allegedly fed intelligence and advanced chips to China. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence officials concluded she spied for China. The Justice Department has opened its own investigation, and Nvidia is conducting an internal review. Megaspeed denied earlier allegations that it skirted U.S. export laws and routed advanced Nvidia chips to Chinese users. Huang has apologized to his company, saying he hurt his wife and children, but has not addressed the spy reports. Nvidia's board said it had no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, and that Huang will remain in charge. Trump said he had spoken to Huang as the scandal grew and that Huang said he had no idea the person was a spy. Beijing called the spy allegation unsubstantiated. PBS NewsHour noted that Nvidia's chips underpin America's AI plans and that AI growth has driven much of the stock market gains during Trump's second term, so the fallout could reach the broader economy.
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