Newly resurfaced photos show suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang gazing affectionately at Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang more than a year before the married AI billionaire reportedly acknowledged having an affair with her.
Alice, who is not related to Jensen, appeared unable to take her eyes off the Nvidia chief during a restaurant outing in Taipei in May 2025, coinciding with Computex, Taiwan’s premier technology expo, according to resurfaced footage obtained by AFP.
In one moment captured on camera, Alice, wearing a pink dress, smiled warmly as she gently placed her hand on Jensen’s arm.
Alice, an executive at Singapore-based tech firm Megaspeed, which has purchased billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia AI chips, was allegedly recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), Beijing’s intelligence agency, according to a confidential US State Department memo.
The months-old intelligence memo was reportedly based on electronic surveillance of Alice, according to The New York Times.
Jensen later acknowledged having an extramarital affair with Alice after Nvidia, the $4.5 trillion chipmaking giant he leads, launched an internal investigation into their relationship. The revelation came despite his marriage of more than four decades to his wife, Lori, with whom he shares two children.
A screengrab from CTI video footage shows Alice Huang, second from left, dining with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, second from right, at a restaurant in Taipei on May 22, 2025.
Nvidia’s board announced Sunday that it had launched an investigation into whether Jensen was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” while reaffirming its confidence in his leadership.
“The Board prioritizes US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders,” the company said in a statement.
“While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board’s inquiry will examine all available information,” it added, noting that independent directors and outside legal counsel would oversee the investigation.
Meanwhile, Singapore-based Megaspeed, where Alice serves as an executive, is facing a separate investigation over allegations that it illegally smuggled advanced Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) into China to evade US export controls on cutting-edge technology.
Jensen, 63, who was recognized as one of Time magazine’s “Architects of AI” in its 2025 Person of the Year coverage, was appointed by President Donald Trump to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology earlier this year, despite the administration reportedly being aware of his relationship with Alice.
The Nvidia billionaire has leveraged his connections within the Trump administration to advocate for changes to US artificial intelligence policy, particularly pushing back against Biden-era restrictions on exporting advanced Nvidia chips to China.
Trump, however, stood firmly behind Jensen on Sunday, describing the tech executive as an “honorable guy” and a “fine person” despite the controversy.
“He’s done an amazing job for our country,” the president told reporters Sunday night.
