Governments across Asia have responded to Jensen Huang's departure from Nvidia, TechCrunch reports. South Korea's Science Ministry said Nvidia had reaffirmed its plan to supply 260,000 advanced GPUs to the country and continue joint AI projects, and the government's AI strategy council held an emergency meeting on Friday to assess the impact, according to a local media report.
In Taiwan, Economy Minister Kung Ming-shin said the departure was unlikely to significantly change the growth of the global AI industry, according to local media. Taipei's city government said Nvidia's planned overseas headquarters in the city remained on track and that the company has met its contractual obligations so far. Japan's Industry Ministry said it would closely monitor Nvidia, Reuters reported, and deputy chief cabinet secretary Masanao Ozaki said it was too early to assess the impact.
China's foreign ministry on November 10 called allegations that a Chinese businesswoman linked to Huang was a spy groundless. A Reuters review cited by TechCrunch found uncertainty over more than $3 billion in Chinese AI computing projects that rely on Nvidia's restricted processors.
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said its investigation into Megaspeed, the company where Alice Huang was an executive, and six other individuals remains ongoing. Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation on November 8 after reports that Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy operation; Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, TechCrunch reports.
