The New York Times reported on 8 November 2026, citing multiple people briefed on the matter, that U.S. officials had concluded that a Chinese citizen who was a senior executive at a company buying Nvidia's chips was in a close relationship with Huang and had been recruited to spy by China's top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security.

The story was corrected

• 2026-11-13

  We added what Huang and Nvidia's board said on 8 November, and the reason The New York Times reported for his exit: he was replaced after reports of an affair with a woman U.S. officials suspect of spying for China and another with an executive who reports to him. We also added that the Attorney General says the Justice Department has not determined whether the woman is a spy, and that China denies the claims.

  Why we corrected it: The story rested only on Nvidia's filing and press release, which give no reason. The reason was already widely reported when we published, and without it the story was incomplete.

  What it said before: Colette Kress, 59, stays chief financial officer while she serves as interim CEO, and the board will consider internal and external candidates for the permanent role. The filing and the press release give no reason for the resignation; Nvidia says it will report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Tuesday 17 November as previously scheduled. Neither the filing nor the press release gives a reason for the resignation. Jones is quoted saying the board expects operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue without interruption. Nvidia still plans to report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Tuesday 17 November as previously scheduled.

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The exact words it rests on

multiple people briefed on the matter said. The document was based on classified intelligence from electronic surveillance of [her], a Chinese citizen who was a senior executive at a Singapore-based company that was buying Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips ... U.S. officials had concluded that [she] was in a close relationship with the Nvidia chief, who is no relation, and that she had been recruited to spy by China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security.

What the source said when we opened it, on 13 Nov 2026.

The source

Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief's Entanglement With Chinese Spy, The New York Times, 8 November 2026
The New York Times · 2026-11-08 · second-hand source (a report about the original)

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Checked by the notis newsroom on 13 Nov 2026, against the source above.

In the story

Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO; CFO Colette Kress is interim chief executive 13 Nov 2026