Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid scandal ahead of US-China AI talks

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following revelations of an extramarital affair with a woman accused of spying for Beijing. The scandal is expected to dominate US-China AI discussions at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, where leaders plan to establish a crisis communication hotline.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, next week, aim to move past the fallout of the Nvidia case and find common ground on AI security amid growing concerns over risks in this field. The two leaders are scheduled to discuss, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held Wednesday and Thursday in Shenzhen, China, the establishment of a dedicated crisis communication line between Beijing and Washington on this matter. This comes amid unexpected developments, as the American chip giant Nvidia faces a crisis after its CEO Jensen Huang resigned over an extramarital relationship with a woman accused of spying for Beijing, suspected of helping circumvent U.S. restrictions on the company's chips. However, researcher Dylan Loh from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore told AFP that this scandal will not "dominate the agenda" and will not "affect the personal relationship between Trump and Xi." Loh notes that both sides have found a way to handle issues where they "disagree, compete, or pursue conflicting goals, while maintaining cooperation in areas where they can, and indeed must, cooperate."