Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s $470 Billion Affair

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a businesswoman US intelligence says was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security prompting an investigation of Huang by his own company. Nividia is on track to lose more than $470 billion in market value over just two days. Zoë gives us the timeline of who knew what when and what it means for the AI industry and our economy at large.

Plus, after the Democratic sweep in the midterms, white nationalists, Christian nationalists, and the Proud Boys are declaring the MAGA movement dead and saying the Republican Party is theirs for the taking.

Articles mentioned in this episode:

• Jensen Huang Hired a PR Firm Known for Handling Sex Scandals Last Year 

• Jensen Huang’s Troubles Leave the AI Industry Reeling

• ‘We Have to Take Over’: Far-Right Extremists Want to Seize Control of the GOP 

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