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Nvidia investigates Huang affair amid espionage allegations, ABC reports

The board says it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised, but an independent inquiry will examine the allegations.

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ABC News (Australia) Story of November 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Nvidia launches investigation into Jensen Huang's affair with suspected Chinese spy | ABC NEWS

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0:00ABC reports Nvidia has opened an independent inquiry into allegations surrounding Huang's affair.
0:38Trump speaks favourably of Huang but says he has not discussed the allegations with him.
2:11An independent investigator and outside legal counsel will conduct the probe, Horn reports.
2:40Horn connects Nvidia's advanced AI chips with US restrictions on access to the technology in China.
4:09The board says it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised.
4:35Huang will remain chief executive during the inquiry, with Nvidia seeking to continue normal operations.

Nvidia is opening an independent inquiry after chief executive Jensen Huang admitted an extramarital affair, ABC News reports, with separate media allegations that the person involved passed information to Beijing.

The distinction matters: the relationship and the espionage allegations are not the same finding. ABC's report presents the spying accusation as an allegation reported by The New York Times, not an established conclusion of Nvidia's investigation.

Reporting from Beijing, correspondent Allyson Horn says an independent investigator and outside legal counsel will conduct the inquiry. Huang will remain chief executive while it proceeds, with Nvidia seeking to continue operating as usual.

The company's board offers a significant qualification in its statement: it has no reason to believe either national security or Nvidia's secrets were compromised. Nevertheless, it says the inquiry will examine all available information.

Horn explains why the investigation reaches beyond the conduct of a prominent executive. Nvidia supplies advanced chips used in artificial intelligence, a field at the centre of US-China tensions. American restrictions aim to keep advanced chips out of China, making access to the company's technology a security concern as well as a commercial one.

Donald Trump is also shown responding to questions about Huang. "I have not spoken to him about it. I just know he's a fine person, but you never know what is going on," he says.

ABC's report drew roughly 82,000 views in its first six hours. Its central unresolved question is what the independent inquiry will establish, rather than whether the allegations have already been proved.

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