Kym Clark

The Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese businesswoman, whom U.S. officials believe to be a spy, could turn out to be the costliest extramarital dalliance of all time. The company’s stock tumbled by more than 10 per cent after he admitted that he had been “unfaithful.” In addition to being the chief executive of the $5.5-trillion company, Huang has also emerged as a close adviser to the President. In May, Huang accompanied President Trump on a state visit to Beijing, at the President’s last-minute request—after a highly classified memo warned top U.S. officials that the Nvidia C.E.O. was in a close relationship with a Chinese spy. This weekend, Trump remarked that he regarded Huang as “an honorable guy” who “probably has an excuse for it.” “The emerging line from Huang’s defenders is that A.I. is so vital to America’s future, and Huang is so vital to Nvidia, that, like the big banks during the Great Financial Crisis, he’s too big to fail,” John Cassidy writes. But how much did Huang, and the Trump Administration, really know about the situation—and what effect will it have on the A.I. industry? newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…