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China and Nvidia deny report of spy plot aimed at CEO

China called a U.S. newspaper’s account of a spy operation targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang groundless, and Nvidia said contacts with a named executive were routine, BBC and Euronews reported.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. Our desk filed its story
  2. Euronews is now reporting this
  3. New headline Was: “U.S. probed alleged Chinese spy targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang”
  4. Our desk updated its story
  5. Our desk filed its story
6 earlier updates
  1. New headline Was: “U.S. probed alleged Chinese spy targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang”
  2. BBC and Ars Technica are now reporting this
  3. New headline Was: “NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a Chinese government spy”
  4. Our desk filed its story
  5. Engadget and TechCrunch are now reporting this
  6. New headline Was: “Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot”

China rejected allegations of a Chinese espionage operation aimed at Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, and Nvidia said contacts with a named executive were ordinary business, BBC and Euronews reported1,2.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the report was groundless speculation and an attempt to smear China1,2. The allegations, attributed to U.S. intelligence sources in a U.S. newspaper account summarized by both outlets, concern a businesswoman identified as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, linked to Singapore-based Megaspeed1,2.

A Nvidia spokesperson told AFP that Jensen Huang’s interactions with Ms. Huang were not unusual, that regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information rather than trade secrets or national-security data, and that smuggling allegations involving that company were investigated and debunked last year2.

Washington has restricted some advanced Nvidia chip exports to China since 20221. What information, if any, was passed, and whether the White House took any action, is not independently established in the BBC and Euronews accounts beyond the original newspaper’s unsourced intelligence claims1,2.

Sources

  1. BBCChina denies allegations of spy operation targeting Nvidia CEO
  2. EuronewsChina rejects report of spy plot targeting Nvidia's Jensen Huang

Read the original at BBC ↗

How it’s being reported

2 sources

First reported by EuronewsEuronews

Where they agree

  • China denied the spy-plot allegation.
  • Nvidia described the contacts as routine business.

Where they differ

Whether a Chinese spy targeted Nvidia’s CEO

Side by side

Each outlet's article broken down by our newsroom, in our own words. To read what they wrote, use the button under each one.

BBC

China denies allegations of spy operation targeting Nvidia CEO

China’s denial and export-control context.

BBC said Beijing rejected the allegations and that Nvidia described interactions as routine business. BBC News

Leaves out Nvidia’s AFP quote that customers receive no national-security information, carried by Euronews.

China’s denial and export-control context.

What it reports

  • China’s foreign ministry called the report groundless speculation.
  • The allegations concern a businesswoman identified as Alice Huang.
  • Nvidia said interactions were routine.

Leaves out Nvidia’s AFP quote that customers receive no national-security information, carried by Euronews.

Read the original at BBC Read the full article at BBC
EuronewsEuronews

China rejects report of spy plot targeting Nvidia's Jensen Huang

Nvidia’s on-record denial and China’s smear accusation.

Euronews said Nvidia told AFP that regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information, not trade secrets.

Leaves out BBC’s note that the BBC contacted Megaspeed and the White House.

Nvidia’s on-record denial and China’s smear accusation.

What it reports

  • Guo Jiakun called the report an attempt to smear China.
  • Nvidia said chip-smuggling allegations involving the firm were investigated and debunked last year, according to AFP.

Leaves out BBC’s note that the BBC contacted Megaspeed and the White House.

Read the original at Euronews Read the full article at Euronews