Nvidia investigates whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese spy with whom he had an affair

Nvidia is opening an investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the ''target of a foreign intelligence effort,'' the company's board of directors said Sunday. The announcement came after Huang acknowledged to the board that he had been intimate with a business executive whom, according to The New York Times, U.S. intelligence determined was gathering information for Beijing. In a letter to Nvidia employees obtained by The Associated Press, Huang said he had been unfaithful to his wife and apologized to his family and colleagues. He said he took ''full responsibility'' for his actions. ''Leading Nvidia is the privilege of my life,'' Huang wrote. ''My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility.'' Advertisement Nvidia's board said it has ''no reason to believe" that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, but that its inquiry would examine all available information. Huang ''fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it,'' the board said. Huang, 63, will remain CEO during the investigation. ''Today's news will not slow Nvidia," company spokesperson John Rizzo said in a statement. "Jensen is committed to continuing to lead Nvidia as CEO without interruption.'' Nvidia has become a central player in the global race to develop artificial intelligence, with its chips powering many of the data centers and computing systems used to train and run AI models. Its advanced processors have also been a focus of U.S. export restrictions aimed at limiting China's access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology.