The US is winning the AI race. Jensen Huang could have blown it

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2285784039.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As espionage targets go, Jensen Huang is perhaps one of the least surprising on Earth. The Nvidia CEO runs one of the world's most valuable companies, controls the in-demand technology fueling the AI boom, and is cozy with presidents, CEOs, and all manner of important people. He also wears a cool leather jacket.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Which makes Huang's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029990/jensen-huang-the-spy-who-loved-me">admission that he had an affair</a> with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy - reportedly <em>while</em> her spying was known to US intelligence and even President Donald Trump - all the more shocking. The fallout goes well beyond his marriage, his reputation, or Nvidia itself. Experts tell <em>The Verge</em> the incident threate …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1031063/jensen-huang-ai-race-us-china-spy">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>