How the Nvidia spy scandal could backfire for Beijing, and what it tells us about AI, Trump, and export controls.
by Nilay PatelNov 12, 2026, 4:30 PM UTCNilay Patel is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast.Today, we’re talking about the Jensen Huang scandal at Nvidia, which is developing so quickly that we had to do an emergency update of this intro minutes before publishing this episode.
Huang just resigned from his position as CEO of Nvidia as news of his affairs, including with an alleged Chinese spy, threatened to engulf the company.
