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Jensen Huang’s $470 Billion Affair
This week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a businesswoman US intelligence says was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security. On Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down what this means for Nvidia, for the AI industry, and for the chip export controls Huang has long pushed back against. Plus, now that the Democrats have swept the midterms, white nationalists, Christian nationalists, and the Proud Boys are declaring the MAGA movement dead and saying the Republican Party is theirs for the taking.
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Brian Barrett: Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm Brian Barrett, executive editor.
Zoë Schiffer: I'm Zoë Schiffer, contributing editor.
Leah Feiger: And I'm Leah Feiger, director of politics and science.
Zoë Schiffer: This week, we're getting into the scandal that has had everyone talking. On Sunday, Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with a businesswoman who US intelligence says is also a Chinese spy.
Brian Barrett: The affair has brought up all kinds of questions from what information might have been linked to China to why the White House was previously warned about the relationship but didn't do much about it seemingly. We're taking a step back and discussing what this whole mess means for the AI industry at large and for the future of the chip export controls that Jensen Huang has pushed back against for so long.