Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday weighed in on the controversy surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose extramarital relationship with Megaspeed International founder Alice Huang have triggered questions over possible links to Chinese intelligence.Tesla CEO Musk responded to a user on his social media platform X, who suggested that he hire Huang, writing, “Elon please hire Jensen.”“That would be an honour,” Musk replied.The controversy surrounding Huang has drawn attention from US lawmakers, who have raised concerns over whether his alleged relationship with a businesswoman Alice Huang suspected of having links to Chinese intelligence could have compromised American national security.Lawmakers have questioned whether China used a suspected “honeypot” scheme to influence the Nvidia CEO and whether the alleged relationship had any bearing on US decisions concerning the sale of advanced AI chips to China.Huang has acknowledged the alleged affair and reportedly discussed his infidelity with employees during meetings on Monday and Tuesday.Following his acknowledgement, Nvidia’s board said it had launched an investigation into the matter. The probe is being led by law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.Separately, The New York Times reported that Huang had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare, who reports directly to him.According to the newspaper, Huang and Powell, 48, were captured on video behaving affectionately at a hotel in San Jose, California, during an Nvidia conference in March.
