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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang steps down amid alleged spy scandal
Huang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. But reports that he may have had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly sank his career.
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