New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Nvidia chief Jensen Huang had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman whom US officials concluded was gathering intelligence for Beijing, the New York Times (NYT) reported. Alice Huang or Huang Le, a top executive at the Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed was under surveillance for more than a year for diverting advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, the newspaper reported quoting US intelligence officials. According to the report, US intelligence officials were alarmed when they found that Beijing was getting information from someone with direct access to Nvidia chief, a key figure in the US' AI revolution as well as an influential ally of President Donald Trump. Trump was briefed about the intelligence findings who chose not to act amid concerns about chip sales and diplomatic relations with China. American officials suspected that Alice was helping China evade restrictions on its ability to gain access to advanced AI chips. US officials were troubled by the fact that Alice could be gleaning information about Nvidia which has played a key role in helping the US maintain its edge over China in artificial intelligence.htc...