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牽動全球AI命脈 黃仁勳爆婚外情調查凸顯接班危機
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牽動全球AI命脈 黃仁勳爆婚外情調查凸顯接班危機

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輝達執行長黃仁勳因AI晶片壟斷地位成為產業核心人物,其與中國女商人婚外情傳聞引發輝達調查他是否成為外國情報機構目標。分析師警告,若黃仁勳遭遇挫折,AI產業將失去關鍵發聲者,且公司目前無明確接班人選。

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黃仁勳自1993年共同創立輝達以來一直擔任執行長,公司目前無明確接班人選。輝達將現金流轉化為戰略資金,投資AI雲端運算服務商、供應商及頂級實驗室等企業。

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在台北與首爾的街頭,輝達(Nvidia)執行長黃仁勳總是被粉絲團團包圍,搶著要他在書籍、海報上簽名,甚至有時還要求簽在他們身上。

私底下,就連億萬富豪甲骨文(Oracle)創辦人艾里森(Larry Ellison)與特斯拉(Tesla)執行長馬斯克(Elon Musk)過去也曾為了取得他手中炙手可熱的人工智慧(AI)晶片而放下身段「懇求」。

路透社報導,現年63歲的黃仁勳作為輝達晶片的把關者,所展現的明星魅力,凸顯AI產業對他的高度依賴。無論是訓練模型,還是運行像ChatGPT這類的服務,全都需要仰賴輝達的圖形處理器(GPU)。

但黃仁勳不只是個晶片供應商。近年來,輝達將日益龐大的現金流轉化為戰略資金,投資領域涵蓋AI雲端運算服務商、供應商到各大頂級實驗室的各類企業。

分析師指出,這使黃仁勳成為AI產業的潛在風險。在黃仁勳承認與一名涉嫌向北京傳遞資訊的中國女商人有婚外情後,輝達正在調查他是否成為外國情報機構的目標。

研究機構伯恩斯坦(Bernstein)分析師瑞斯岡(Stacy Rasgon)表示:「很難不將週末傳出的消息解讀為負面消息,因為這讓全美最重要企業之一的領導層,以及美國AI發展軌跡的推手,陷入了爭議之中。」

他說:「輝達不是一家普通的公司,黃仁勳也不是一位普通的執行長。他就是輝達,明確主導公司的長期策略與方向,更一手掌握公司的絕大多數運作。」

黃仁勳的影響力可見一斑。去年,他與三星及現代汽車執行長在首爾的一場炸雞啤酒聚會,就讓兩家韓國食品公司的股價大漲;而他點名客製化晶片廠美滿電子科技公司(Marvell Technology)將成為下一家「市值突破1兆美元的企業」,更是直接將該公司的股價衝上歷史新高。

身為反駁AI懷疑論者的重要代表人物,黃仁勳經常駁斥外界對AI泡沫的憂慮,也曾反駁AI新創公司Anthropic執行長阿莫戴(Dario Amodei)關於AI可能對人類生存構成威脅的末日警告。

黃仁勳若遭遇任何挫折,都可能使AI產業失去一位最堅定的發聲者與捍衛者。黃仁勳經常主張,AI將徹底改變從運算、製造到醫療保健及機器人等各個領域。

分析師曾表示,黃仁勳自1993年共同創立晶片設計公司輝達以來一直擔任執行長,目前公司尚無明確接班人選。輝達週末表示,黃仁勳獲得董事會支持,但公司並未對外公布接班計畫。

長期看好科技產業的投資人士、Yorkville Ives & Co.合夥人兼資深董事總經理艾夫斯(Dan Ives)表示:「黃仁勳無可取代…管理團隊中沒有其他人能夠無縫接任執行長一職。」

除了黃仁勳,輝達官網的領導團隊頁面還列出4名高階主管。其中知名度最高的是財務長克瑞斯(Colette Kress),她經常代表公司出席投資人會議。

另外3人分別是全球業務營運執行副總裁派克(Nick Parker)、營運執行副總裁舒奎斯特(Debora Shoquist),以及執行副總裁、法律總顧問兼秘書泰德(Tim Teter)。(編譯:陳昱婷)

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 輝達將公布調查結果並可能採取領導層變動措施

    Likely · Within weeks

  • 輝達將在未來幾個月內明確接班人選

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • 黃仁勳是否確實與該中國女商人有婚外情
  • 輝達調查結果何時公布
  • 若黃仁勳無法履職,輝達接班人選是誰
  • 黃仁勳是否成為外國情報機構目標

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