November 10, 2026 | The Washington Post
The Huang honey-trap scandal sends a message about chip-export controls
Democrats and Republicans disagree on nearly everything. They should work together to prevent China from winning the AI race.
November 10, 2026 | The Washington Post
The Huang honey-trap scandal sends a message about chip-export controls
Democrats and Republicans disagree on nearly everything. They should work together to prevent China from winning the AI race.
Excerpt
On Sunday, Nvidia, the world’s leading supplier of advanced artificial intelligence chips, announced an investigation into reports that Chinese intelligence targeted its chief executive, Jensen Huang. Huang, a vocal opponent of U.S. chip-export controls, had an intimate relationship with a former tech industry executive whom U.S. intelligence officials have reportedly identified as a Chinese asset. U.S. authorities separately suspect that her former employer Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia customer, helped China obtain restricted chips.
The incident has spurred bipartisan scrutiny. The Republican chairs of three House committees have asked Huang to appear for a closed-door briefing. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (New York) said Trump administration officials would brief high-ranking members of the House and Senate from both parties, known as the Gang of Eight.
Craig Singleton, a former U.S. diplomat, is the senior director of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.