Trump warned AI company leaders to 'prepare to go to jail' when Jen-Hsun Huang's extramarital affair revealed

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NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang admitted on the 8th that he had an extramarital affair, which shocked public opinion. According to media reports, the affair partner was Huang Le, a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. U.S. President Trump mentioned in an interview last week that the leader of a large AI company was reported to be using AI to do bad things, and he warned him to "get ready to go to jail, and please give your wife a kiss goodnight." However, Trump did not identify the leader.

According to the verbatim transcript of the interview, CBS host Ross Douthat was talking to Trump about the US-China AI technology competition and AI risks at the time. Trump pointed out that the United States is in an AI competition with China, so the risk is worthwhile. He then gave examples and broke the news, saying that leaders of major AI companies were reported to be using AI to do bad things.

Trump said: "I think the risk can be managed. You know who is going to control it? The Department of Justice. We had a situation where someone was reported to be doing bad things with AI. We called the person very forcefully and said, 'Get ready to go to jail. Please kiss your wife good night.'"

Douthat immediately asked, "Who is this person? What is this company?" But Trump refused to answer, only saying that he had asked the other person if he liked the orange color of the prison uniform, and warned the other person, "Go home now, see your wife and children, and give them a good night kiss, because you are going to jail tomorrow morning."

Trump then added: "I'm telling you, this man changed everything, changed everything, yes, really."

Duthat asked again: "Is he the leader of a big AI company?" Trump replied: "One of the big companies, yes."