House committee chairs seek Nvidia briefing over alleged Chinese espionage
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China's Ministry of State Security recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on American AI chips through her relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, The New York Times reported, as relayed by The Verge.
Some Chinese companies approved by the US Commerce Department to handle Nvidia's H200 chips have empty offices and ties to sanctioned firms, a New York Times investigation found.
Incoming Michigan congressman Will Lawrence plans to push for a federal data center moratorium and a pause on advanced AI development when he takes office in January, he told WIRED.
Anthropic-backed AI safety super PAC Public First spent $63M+ in the 2026 midterms, Bloomberg reported. Ten of the 17 congressional candidates it backed won their elections.
Senator Richard Blumenthal called on Apple and other donors to President Trump's White House ballroom project to turn over records or face possible subpoenas in January, Reuters reported.
Nvidia reported that combined runtime optimizations accelerated FLUX 3 Image Klein Base image generation on a single B200 GPU.