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by augment_me3 hours ago |
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upvoteby anon77253 hours ago|
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The leader of the central company in the AI boom was compromised by a spy from the US’s biggest adversary while US and Chinese companies are in an AI arms race.

Would that count?

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upvoteby fastily3 hours ago|
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We have a sitting president who freely shares state secrets with dictators upon request. This seems rather high effort when they could’ve just asked nicely no? </s>
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upvoteby dolebirchwood3 hours ago|
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Is whataboutism really necessary?
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upvoteby fc417fc8023 hours ago|
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It isn't whataboutism if it's directly relevant to the point at hand (as opposed to attempting to distract from it). The question posed effectively amounted to "why is this particularly noteworthy compared to everything else of a vaguely similar nature that's been going on".
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upvoteby fastily3 hours ago|
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the </s> is for sarcasm..
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upvoteby DragonStrength3 hours ago|
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That president's board (US voters) just put him on a much shorter leash as a result. Actions, consequences, etc.
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upvoteby dinkumthinkum3 hours ago|
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I know you are trying to make some point for your political team but if you look up what a fiduciary is then you will see why this would be a good thing and a way to avoid other legal issues. But I know, OMB and all that!
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upvoteby stingraycharles3 hours ago|
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It’s an issue because for some reason the US intelligence agency decided to go public with this and then the newspapers started running with it.

This letter is just part of the ceremony of events that is expected to happen afterwards.

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upvoteby jryle703 hours ago|
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Huh? CEO's private life has always always been a big deal. These were just a few cases the last few years alone:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/coldplay-kiss-c...

Jensen Huang's case is even more high profile because of the spying accusation.

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upvoteby stingraycharles23 minutes ago|
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You misunderstood what I meant, obviously the newspapers all cover these things when they become public. The difference is that this time, it’s an intelligence agency that went public with it (or someone leaked it from there), the spying angle is quite unique.
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upvoteby dannyw3 hours ago|
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Probably more like the administration, given how they were briefed more than a year ago.

There’s been recent power spats (JD Vance’s tweet, Susie being replaced by Steve Bannon, and probably more infighting).

As much as I want to believe there’s greater 4D chess and motivation, I assign a modest probability to someone going “fuck it”, opening a massive short on NVDA, and then leaking it just for the love of insider trading. Rather than anything strategic or real.

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upvoteby reenorap2 hours ago|
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I'm a shareholder, and the fact that both the US government and Nvidia itself is going to investigate him is very, very bad. So yes, I care about it a lot because I'm probably going to lose a lot of money tomorrow!
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upvoteby BLKNSLVR2 hours ago|
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This US Government investigating Jensen Huang will be an exercise in cotton balls and kid gloves.

Trump himself relaxed laws on chip exports to China.

P.S. If you have any other liquidity available, maybe 'buy the dip'?

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upvoteby bluegatty3 hours ago|
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It's an issue, but vastly over stated in the press.
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upvoteby techblueberry3 hours ago|
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Why does it matter that one of the key leaders of our aI strategy was having an affair with a Chinese spy while advising the president on our policy of selling chips to China?
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upvoteby fwlr3 hours ago|
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The investors probably care. If you’ll lie to your wife to get laid, you might also lie to your investors to get paid.
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upvoteby DragonStrength3 hours ago|
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Integrity matters for maintaining corporate secrets. Someone who is having an extramarital affair is a target for blackmail. Most of getting a security clearance is not lying.
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upvoteby Noaidi3 hours ago|
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> Why is this an issue?

She was also a Chinese spy.

> It's 2026, we literally had a human child trafficking ring with multiple presidents involved and it didnt lead to anything or move the needle on stuff.

He admitted to the affair. No one has admitted to being a pedo. Much less forgivable.

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upvoteby ryandrake3 hours ago|
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