Alleged Chinese spy had 'close relationship' with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang

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An alleged Chinese spy developed a “close relationship” with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, setting off alarms among US intelligence officials who were secretly monitoring her communications, according to a report. The woman, Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen who has served as a top executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer and cloud partner that provides AI computing power to Chinese companies including Alibaba, the New York Times reported Thursday.

据报道，一名涉嫌为中国间谍的女子与英伟达（Nvidia）首席执行官黄仁勋（Jensen Huang）建立了“密切关系”，这引起了秘密监控其通讯的美国情报官员的警觉。据《纽约时报》周四报道，该女子名为爱丽丝·黄（Alice Huang，又名黄乐），是中国公民，曾担任总部位于新加坡的Megaspeed公司的高管。Megaspeed是英伟达的客户及云合作伙伴，为包括阿里巴巴在内的中国公司提供人工智能计算能力。

US intelligence agencies concluded that Alice Huang — seen in photos enjoying whiskey and dining with the tech titan — was secretly funneling information to Beijing, according to the paper, which cited people briefed on classified intelligence findings. US electronic surveillance identified Jensen Huang as one of Alice Huang’s contacts, but the report offered no evidence that he knew of her alleged intelligence activities. The Times could not determine what information she passed along or how valuable it was to Chinese authorities. The report did not address whether the relationship was romantic in nature.

据该报援引听取过机密情报简报的人士称，美国情报机构断定，爱丽丝·黄——在照片中被拍到与这位科技巨头一起享用威士忌和用餐——正在秘密向北京输送信息。美国的电子监控将黄仁勋确定为爱丽丝·黄的联系人之一，但该报道并未提供证据表明他知晓其所谓的间谍活动。《纽约时报》无法确定她传递了什么信息，也无法确定这些信息对中国当局的价值。该报道未提及两人关系是否涉及浪漫性质。

Photos posted online in June 2024 showed the duo at a Taipei, Taiwan, bar after a local tech show, where they reportedly quaffed whiskey with other AI bigshots. They were also seen together in May 2025, exiting a Taipei restaurant following a business dinner with AI suppliers. In a video of the scene, Alice Huang is seen standing a few feet behind the Nvidia boss with a big grin on her face while he banters with local journos.

2024年6月发布在网上的照片显示，两人在当地一场科技展后出现在台湾台北的一家酒吧，据称他们当时与其他人工智能界大亨一起喝威士忌。2025年5月，他们还被拍到在与人工智能供应商进行商务晚宴后一同走出台北的一家餐厅。在现场的一段视频中，爱丽丝·黄站在英伟达老板身后几英尺处，脸上带着灿烂的笑容，而黄仁勋则在与当地记者闲聊。

US authorities have been investigating Megaspeed over suspicions that it helped Chinese firms circumvent US export restrictions and smuggle advanced Nvidia chips into China, the Times reported. Megaspeed operates as a middleman, purchasing Nvidia chips through the US arm of Inspur, a Chinese server manufacturer, and renting computing power from its Southeast Asian data centers to Chinese companies, according to the Gray Lady. Inspur’s parent company has been blacklisted by Washington for funneling technology to China’s military, although its American subsidiary remains free of sanctions, according to the Times.

据《纽约时报》报道，美国当局一直在调查Megaspeed，怀疑其帮助中国公司规避美国出口限制，并将英伟达的高端芯片走私到中国。据该报称，Megaspeed充当中间商，通过中国服务器制造商浪潮（Inspur）的美国分公司购买英伟达芯片，并将其东南亚数据中心的计算能力出租给中国公司。据《纽约时报》报道，浪潮的母公司因向中国军方输送技术而被华盛顿列入黑名单，尽管其美国子公司目前尚未受到制裁。

Nvidia is the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, boasting a market capitalization of roughly $5.2 trillion. Its advanced chips have become the backbone of the artificial intelligence boom, giving Huang enormous clout in Silicon Valley and Washington as the US races to maintain its technological edge over China. The feds have banned Nvidia from selling its best chips to Chinese companies for years.

英伟达是全球市值最高的上市公司，市值约为5.2万亿美元。其先进芯片已成为人工智能热潮的支柱，这使得黄仁勋在硅谷和华盛顿拥有巨大的影响力，因为美国正竞相保持对中国的技术优势。多年来，美国联邦政府一直禁止英伟达向中国公司出售其最顶尖的芯片。

Jensen Huang is married to Lori Mills Huang, whom he met while studying electrical engineering at Oregon State University. The couple has two children, Spencer and Madison, both of whom work at Nvidia. President Trump was briefed on the intelligence findings roughly a year ago but chose not to take action, according to the Times, which added that he was wary of disrupting Nvidia’s lucrative chip sales and further complicating trade relations with China.

黄仁勋与洛里·米尔斯·黄（Lori Mills Huang）结婚，两人是在俄勒冈州立大学攻读电气工程时相识的。这对夫妇育有两个孩子，斯宾塞（Spencer）和麦迪逊（Madison），两人都在英伟达工作。据《纽约时报》报道，特朗普总统在大约一年前听取了这些情报调查结果的简报，但选择不采取行动，并补充说他担心这会扰乱英伟达利润丰厚的芯片销售，并使对华贸易关系进一步复杂化。

Jensen Huang has cultivated close ties with Trump, attending a high-dollar donors’ dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Fla., with his wife, personally lobbying the president to allow Nvidia to continue selling chips to Beijing, the Times reported. Nvidia subsequently donated at least $20 million to Trump’s White House ballroom fund, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by the Times. The chipmaker also pledged to invest $500 billion in US manufacturing — a top Trump priority — while Huang successfully pressed the administration to loosen restrictions on AI companies and chip exports to China.

据《纽约时报》报道，黄仁勋与特朗普建立了密切联系，他曾与妻子一起参加在佛罗里达州海湖庄园举行的高额捐赠者晚宴，并亲自游说总统允许英伟达继续向北京出售芯片。据《纽约时报》援引知情人士的话称，英伟达随后向特朗普的白宫宴会厅基金捐赠了至少2000万美元。这家芯片制造商还承诺向美国制造业投资5000亿美元——这是特朗普的首要任务之一——同时黄仁勋成功游说政府放宽了对人工智能公司和对华芯片出口的限制。

Although US officials initially believed Jensen Huang did not know of Alice Huang’s alleged espionage activities, some senior Trump administration officials now doubt that the Nvidia boss “could have remained unaware” of her intelligence-gathering role for Beijing, according to the Times. It remains unclear whether US intelligence agencies have formally changed their assessment.

据《纽约时报》报道，尽管美国官员最初认为黄仁勋并不知晓爱丽丝·黄所谓的间谍活动，但一些特朗普政府的高级官员现在怀疑，这位英伟达老板“不可能一直不知道”她为北京收集情报的角色。目前尚不清楚美国情报机构是否已正式改变了评估结果。

Nvidia pushed back against suggestions that Jensen Huang’s dealings with the alleged Chinese intelligence operative were suspicious, describing Megaspeed as a typical regional cloud customer. “Jensen’s interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected,” an Nvidia spokesperson told The Post. “Meetings with customers are part of a CEO’s job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year.”

英伟达反驳了有关黄仁勋与这名涉嫌中国情报人员的往来存在可疑之处的说法，称Megaspeed只是一家典型的区域性云客户。英伟达发言人告诉《华盛顿邮报》：“黄仁勋与黄女士的互动并不罕见，也不出人意料。与客户会面是首席执行官工作的一部分；黄仁勋每年都会与数千名客户高管交谈。”

The company insisted that its regional cloud customers receive “ordinary business information — not sensitive NVIDIA trade secrets” and “zero information relevant to national security.” Nvidia also said it regularly receives government updates about potentially problematic individuals and companies, adding that it “always” takes appropriate action. “We’re confident that if the US government believes that any person is a threat to American industry, it would let us know,” the spokesperson said.

该公司坚称，其区域云客户接收的只是“普通的商业信息，而非英伟达的敏感商业机密”，且“绝无任何与国家安全相关的信息”。英伟达还表示，它定期收到政府关于潜在问题个人和公司的更新，并补充说它“总是”采取适当行动。发言人表示：“我们相信，如果美国政府认为任何人对美国工业构成威胁，它会通知我们。”