Donald Trump urged Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang not to resign despite Chinese spy allegation

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Jensen Huang stepped down as president, chief executive and a member of the Nvidia's board after 33 years in charge after revelations of his affairs

US President Donald Trump called the boss of AI giant Nvidia before he stepped down after admitting to having an affair with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.

Trump reportedly urged Nvidia CEO to keep fighting for his job, according to two people briefed on the conversation and reported by the New York Times.

The tech guru shares a closeness with the US president who has praised his work on "superintelligence". Mr Huang, who co-founded the chipmaker in April 1993 and oversaw its rise as one of the most valuable companies in the world, resigned with immediate effect on Thursday following reports of a second alleged affair.

The billionaire technology boss stepped down as president, chief executive and a member of the company's board after 33 years in charge. Nvidia confirmed the departure of Mr Huang following revelations of his affair with the woman suspected of being a spy, but also another with one of his employees.

Mr Trump's call with Mr Huang comes as the latest move by the US leader who continued to back him, even after intelligence agencies had found that Mr Huang was having an affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.

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The New York Times reported that the president had been warned at least twice about Mr Huang's relationship with Chinese citizen Alice Huang, whom intelligence agencies concluded had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security.

The first warning was late last year and the second was in the spring.

Mr Trump took no action either time and brought Mr Huang with him on a trip to China in May. The president also publicly praised the former Nvidia boss in recent days and expressed sympathy for him, saying in a social media post on Thursday that he was a "legend".

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