Taiwanese Media Report That Jensen Huang’s Alleged Mistress Is a Chinese Ministry of State Security Operative in Charge of Semiconductors, Sparking a Stir

[Financial News] A claim has emerged that Alice Huang, alleged to be the mistress of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and a Chinese spy, is an operative in charge of semiconductor affairs for China’s Ministry of State Security, the country’s top intelligence agency.

On the 11th, Taiwan’s Liberty Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that China had recently set up a dedicated AI unit within its intelligence agency to slow the pace of U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) development, and that Alice Huang was an operative for the unit.
The Liberty Times said the U.S. side had confirmed this and that it had also obtained information that Alice Huang took orders directly from Chen Yixin, China’s minister of state security. It further reported that several female agents in China’s Ministry of State Security handle such operations and are already working at various levels in multiple companies.
Their mission is described as “delaying U.S. AI development as much as possible.” The goal is to counter U.S. controls on semiconductor exports to China while infiltrating the policy-making systems of major companies. Alice Huang’s main tasks reportedly include setting up shell companies in third countries to divert semiconductors and high-performance servers to China, and using her connections to gain access to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.

The Liberty Times also reported that Alice Huang had tried to persuade Jensen Huang to urge the U.S. government to ease restrictions on semiconductor exports to China. Alice Huang is suspected of having been involved in illegally routing NVIDIA’s advanced semiconductors to China while serving as an executive, among other roles, at Singaporean company Megaspeed International. The chips are essential for cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) development.
Meanwhile, the AI unit reportedly set up by China’s Ministry of State Security is said to involve China’s Ministry of Commerce, the United Front Work Department, the Science and Technology Commission, and bodies related to the People’s Liberation Army, including the Central Military Commission. The Liberty Times said their mission was to stir up anti-AI and anti-data-center sentiment in the United States to fuel social conflict, and to conduct lobbying operations to lift restrictions on semiconductor exports to China.
Alison Huang is said to belong to the “Semiconductor Team,” one of the entities involved in the dedicated AI unit. The U.S. government, however, says it has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang is a Chinese spy. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a press conference on the 12th, “We are investigating the allegations and have not yet reached any conclusions.”
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