President Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as an “honorable guy” after his multi-trillion-dollar AI company began investigating his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. Huang’s mistress, Alice Huang — no relation — was allegedly recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), according to a months-old secret memo from the State Department. However, Huang has remained an influential figure in the president’s orbit influencing US AI policy. “He’s done an amazing job for our country,” the president told reporters Sunday night, calling the billionaire tech boss an “honorable guy” and a “fine person.”
“I haven’t heard that he’s done anything wrong,” Trump added. “He dealt with somebody but, you know, so does everybody else.” Nvidia, a $4.5 trillion company which produces the world’s most cutting-edge AI chips, opened an investigation into Jensen’s relationship with the suspected spy after he admitted to cheating on his wife Lori, whom he married in 1985. The couple have two children.
