Suspected spy plot against Nvidia head — Transcript

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1. 0:00This morning, a stunning new report in
2. 0:02the New York Times detailing an alleged
3. 0:04Chinese spy plot targeting Jensen Huang,
4. 0:07the CEO of the most powerful chip maker
5. 0:09in the US, Nvidia, and close ally of
6. 0:11President Trump. The saga centering
7. 0:14around Alice Wong, a top executive at a
8. 0:16Singapore-based data center company
9. 0:18identified here by The New York Times,
10. 0:20who The Times reports US intelligence
11. 0:22officials determined was funneling
12. 0:23information back to Beijing, something
13. 0:25the Chinese government denies. While
14. 0:28surveilling Huang, according to The
15. 0:29Times, US officials realized she had
16. 0:31developed a close relationship with the
17. 0:33Nvidia CEO. The New York Times reports
18. 0:36that this photo shows the two of them
19. 0:38together in 2024. According to the
20. 0:40report, President Trump was briefed on
21. 0:42the findings, but chose not to take any
22. 0:44action. Responding, Nvidia telling ABC,
23. 0:47"Jensen's interactions with Ms. Huang
24. 0:48are not unusual or unexpected. Meetings
25. 0:51with customers are part of a CEO's job."
26. 0:53Adding, "Huang talks with thousands of
27. 0:55customer executives every year." Jensen
28. 0:58Huang has been a close ally of Trump's,
29. 1:00advising the president amid an AI race
30. 1:02with China.
31. 1:03>> Our next recipient is a man whose
32. 1:05determination laid the foundations for
33. 1:07the explosion of super intelligence and
34. 1:10put America at the front of the race, an
35. 1:13amazing man.
36. 1:15>> The president even personally owned
37. 1:16shares in Nvidia, the world's most
38. 1:18publicly traded company. In January,
39. 1:20Huang convincing Trump to clear the way
40. 1:22for advanced chip sales to China in an
41. 1:25extraordinary deal that gave the US
42. 1:26government 25% of the profits. He was
43. 1:29also a guest at a state dinner where
44. 1:31President Trump hosted Chinese President
45. 1:33Xi Jinping and attended Trump's luncheon
46. 1:35for AI leaders.
47. 1:37>> There's no conflict between innovation,
48. 1:40technology, and safety.
49. 1:41>> But this morning, the report raising new
50. 1:43questions about Chinese spying in the AI
51. 1:45race.
52. 1:46>> What's most important here is to find
53. 1:48out what kinds of conversation Jensen
54. 1:50Huang had with this woman, and did he
55. 1:52divulge anything that would have given
56. 1:54China an advantage in the AI race?
57. 1:57Now, we We out to the White House about
58. 1:58this. They haven't yet responded to our
59. 2:00request for comment, Michael.
60. 2:01>> All right, Jay. All right, thank you for
61. 2:03bringing that to