The Jensen Huang scandal and how to avoid dating a spy

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US officials believe Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive, was recruited to gather information about Nvidia's Jensen Huang for Beijing.

It often starts with a beautiful stranger, a "chance" encounter, and a powerful man who thinks he simply got lucky. As Nvidia's board investigates whether CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort and Huang has admitted to having an affair, an old spycraft tactic has been thrust into the modern world of AI chips, corporate access, and national security. "The Chinese MSS and PLA are very aggressive and play the long game," Fred Burton, a former US Diplomatic Security Service special agent, told Business Insider, referring to China's Ministry of State Security and People's Liberation Army.

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