Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as US lawmakers push tougher chip export controls

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday following controversy surrounding an extramarital affair and concerns about potential national security risks, as members of Congress urge tighter restrictions on exports of advanced SI (commonly referred to as AI) chips.

Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Mandarin article.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday following controversy surrounding an extramarital affair and concerns about potential national security risks, as members of Congress urge tighter restrictions on exports of advanced SI (commonly referred to as AI) chips.

Nvidia has named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO.

The resignation comes amid growing concerns about possible national security risks linked to Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a former executive at Singapore-based technology company Megaspeed. U.S. intelligence officials suspect Alice Huang of gathering information for Beijing.

The developments have intensified scrutiny of Nvidia's business ties to China and renewed calls in Congress for tighter restrictions on exports of advanced super intelligence chips.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties are pushing to include new restrictions in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which Congress hopes to pass before the end of the year.

The House Select Committee on China, led by Republican Representative John Moolenaar, called for stronger export controls following Huang’s resignation.

“Jensen Huang’s firing from the company he founded is an unfortunate end that could have been avoided,” Moolenaar said in a statement, “Nvidia must now change its corporate practices and appoint leadership that makes national security its top priority. In Congress we must act quickly to pass bipartisan export control legislation in the year-end national defense bill.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, told Politico that he supports adding stronger chip export restrictions to the NDAA.

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