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U.S. investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO

A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.

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U.S. intelligence agencies investigated whether a top executive at a Singapore AI cloud firm was gathering intelligence on Nvidia's CEO through their business relationship. The concern was that the executive could have been collecting information about Nvidia's technology plans and efforts to secure government approval for shipping advanced chips to China. Nvidia denied the allegations, stating that the CEO's interactions with the executive were routine business meetings and that customers receive only ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets or national security information. This investigation follows earlier Commerce Department inquiries into the Singapore firm's alleged involvement in helping Chinese companies circumvent AI chip export restrictions by reselling restricted chips.

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