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深陷醜聞的黃仁勳辭職,AI芯片巨頭英偉達陷入動盪
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深陷醜聞的黃仁勳辭職,AI芯片巨頭英偉達陷入動盪

AI芯片巨頭英偉達首席執行官黃仁勳因涉嫌婚外情辭職,國會展開審查,股市五天內蒸發5500億美元市值。

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英偉達首席執行官黃仁勳因涉嫌婚外情辭職,美國國會要求其說明其中一名對象是否為中國間諜,公司股市五天內蒸發5500億美元市值,臨時首席執行官科萊特·克雷斯召集緊急會議。

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黃仁勳自1993年起一直是英偉達的公眾形象代表,帶領公司在人工智能熱潮中迅速崛起,成為全球市值最高的公司之一。其芯片最初為電腦遊戲設計,後廣泛用於人工智能聊天機械人和大語言模型開發。

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黃仁勳(Jensen Huang)在被曝涉嫌婚外情後,突然辭去AI芯片製造巨頭英偉達的首席執行官一職。這一驚人的隕落在從硅谷到國會山(Capitol Hill)的各界引發震動。

美國華盛頓特區的國會議員正在對英偉達展開審查,要求黃仁勳說明,其涉嫌婚外情的其中一名對象是否為中國間諜。

英偉達因AI熱潮而成為全球市值最高的公司之一,但在醜聞佔據各大新聞頭條的短短五天內,其股票市值蒸發了5500億美元(約合4150億英鎊)。

英偉達臨時首席執行官科萊特·克雷斯(Colette Kress)召集管理團隊召開緊急會議,討論公司未來。

黃仁勳涉嫌的行為不僅可能逾越了職業界限,也使英偉達受到美國政界人士的質疑,他們對國家安全風險表示擔憂。

自1993年以來一直是英偉達公眾形象代表的黃仁勳,在被報道與涉嫌為中國從事間諜活動的艾麗斯·黃(Alice Huang)有婚外情後,於週日承認對妻子「不忠」。

週三,又有報道稱他有第二段婚外情,這次的對象是一名英偉達高管。

艾麗斯·黃曾在新加坡企業Megaspeed擔任高管,與黃仁勳並無親屬關係。據《紐約時報》(The New York Times)報道,她被懷疑為中國情報機構提供協助。中國否認這項指控,稱其為抹黑。

美國司法部長托德·布蘭奇(Todd Blanche)週四表示,司法部尚未就艾麗斯·黃是否為北京(Beijing)從事間諜活動得出任何結論。

參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫(Elizabeth Warren)和克里斯·庫恩斯(Chris Coons),以及眾議院外交事務委員會(House Foreign Affairs Committee)的其他民主黨(Democratic Party)議員,公開要求黃仁勳向國會說明此事。

一名參議院工作人員告訴英國廣播公司(BBC),如果黃仁勳拒絕自願出席任何要求他到場的委員會聽證,他可能會收到傳票。

自週三以來,英偉達方面已多次拒絕置評。黃仁勳的一名私人代表週四也拒絕置評。

據美國媒體報道,黃仁勳涉嫌的第二段婚外情,對象是長期在英偉達擔任高管的金伯莉·鮑威爾(Kimberly Powell),她在公司內直接向黃仁勳匯報。

消息人士告訴BBC,英偉達員工曾注意到兩人的關係異常親密。

第一段婚外情曝光後,外界原本普遍預期黃仁勳能夠渡過風波,儘管英偉達當時已宣佈展開調查,以確定其首席執行官是否「成為外國情報活動的目標」。

一名現任英偉達員工告訴BBC,公司普通員工對最初有關他不忠的報道,大多沒有太當回事。

這名員工說,直到黃仁勳涉嫌與英偉達高管有婚外情的消息曝光,員工才開始覺得「這太瘋狂了」。

另一名英偉達員工表示,他們已被告知不得與媒體交談,也不得以其他方式公開評論此事。

隨着英偉達股價飆升,許多員工得以出售所持公司股票套現,獲得數百萬美元的報酬。

英偉達表示,「沒有理由相信國家安全受到損害,或英偉達的機密遭到洩露」,但承諾其獨立調查將審視所有可獲取的資料。

黃仁勳帶領英偉達迅速崛起,並成為人工智能行業的重要推動者。這個行業依賴英偉達製造的高性能計算機芯片。

這些芯片最初是為電腦遊戲設計的。

但在過去四年,隨着人工智能技術發展出聊天機械人和大語言模型,開發人工智能工具的公司突然需要大量能夠處理海量數據的英偉達計算機芯片。

英偉達目前正在尋找正式接替黃仁勳的人選。首席財務官科萊特·克雷斯於週四獲任命為臨時首席執行官。

BBC本週採訪的幾名科技業內人士指出,黃仁勳的失勢已成為舊金山灣區(San Francisco Bay Area)圈子裏的熱門話題。該地區聚集了大量科技從業者、行業高管和億萬富翁。

他遠非首位因不忠行為曝光而陷入風波的科技巨頭。

微軟(Microsoft)的比爾·蓋茨(Bill Gates)和亞馬遜(Amazon)的傑夫·貝索斯(Jeff Bezos),都曾在過去十年間被揭露有婚外情。兩人如今都已與妻子離婚。

黃仁勳與妻子洛麗·黃(Lori Huang)已結婚40年。他們的兩個孩子也都在英偉達擔任高管。

英偉達本週的股價跌幅,是該公司27年前上市以來最大的五日跌幅。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 黃仁勳將被美國國會傳票傳喚出席聽證

    Likely · Within weeks

  • 英偉達將在短期內任命新的正式首席執行官

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • 艾麗斯·黃是否確實為中國情報機構提供協助
  • 黃仁勳是否會被傳票傳喚至國會聽證
  • 英偉達獨立調查的具體進度與結果
  • 誰將接任英偉達正式首席執行官

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This article was originally published by BBC中文.

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