
The CEO of Nvidia, linked to a Chinese spy, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are at the heart of a case of circumventing export restrictions.
The Nvidia scandal affects Washington: Donald Trump is implicated for his handling of information on the affair of the CEO of Nvidia with a Chinese spy, while Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is suspected of having suspended an investigation into Megaspeed, a Singaporean company headed by the CEO's mistress.
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The Nvidia scandal, initially revealed by the New York Times, concerns the affair of the CEO of Nvidia with a Chinese spy and suspicions of circumvention of export restrictions on microchips and AI via the Singaporean company Megaspeed.
After Wall Street and Silicon Valley, the Nvidia scandal has also reached Washington, DC. Donald Trump himself is being blamed for the lightness with which he treated information about the liaison with a Chinese spy of one of the biggest tech bosses, who became one of his advisors in the highly strategic sector of microprocessors and artificial intelligence (AI). The Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, is suspected of having knowingly suspended an investigation into the circumvention of export restrictions carried out by the Singaporean company Megaspeed, headed by Alice Huang, the mistress of the CEO of Nvidia.
His resignation, two weeks after the New York Times' revelations about his affair, does not put an end to the questions about this extraordinary episode which compromises one of the most influential American bosses as well as one of the president's regular interlocutors, and one of his donors. Trump initially evaded the questions...
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An official investigation will be opened into Howard Lutnick's actions regarding Megaspeed.
Likely · Within weeks
Nvidia CEO will face scrutiny over his access to sensitive AI and microchip information.
Likely · Within weeks

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