The Huang Affair: What did they know and when did they know it?
We recorded 10 claims from this post. 3 were checked against evidence. 7 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (10)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Worse, he probably had inside info on the administrations thinking on export controls, which would have been of considerable interest to the Chinese government..”
What we tested: Jensen Huang probably had inside information on the administration's thinking on export controls, which would have been of considerable interest to the Chinese government.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“China undoubtedly wanted Nvidia chips and Jensen Huang seems to have supportive of this.”
What we tested: China wanted Nvidia chips, and Jensen Huang appears to have supported China getting them.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“Certainly Jensen Huang was allowed to continue to lobby the President around sensitive U.S. policy matters around chips and China. The incoming Congress is certain to investigate.”
What we tested: The incoming Congress is certain to investigate the Jensen Huang matter, though the post does not say exactly what the investigation will cover.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Nvidia should have known about it, but as recently as one week ago claimed not to:”
What we tested: Nvidia should have known about Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, yet a week ago claimed it did not.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“Also to be investigated will be the extent to which Nvidia chips have made it China illegally, and the extent to which anyone at Nvidia might have known about this.”
What we tested: The extent of illegal Nvidia chip flows to China, and whether anyone at Nvidia knew, will be investigated.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“The combination of money, power, sex, AI, international politics, and an incoming congress eager to push back against the tech titans is about to explode in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple weeks ago.”
What we tested: The combination of money, power, sex, AI, international politics, and an incoming Congress eager to push back against the tech titans is about to explode in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple of weeks ago.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“Worse, Nvidia, which is at the center of the generative AI boom, has no obvious succession plan.”
What we tested: Nvidia, central to the generative AI boom, has no obvious succession plan.
What supported it: Reuters directly reports the absence of a disclosed succession plan. The page's November 10 publication at 01:40 KST and update at 08:17 KST both fall on November 9 UTC. (Reuters via The Korea Times, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“It’s entirely possible that Jensen will ultimately have to resign.”
What we tested: Jensen Huang may ultimately have to resign as Nvidia CEO.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Conceivably it could tank the whole AI investment market, as this tweet notes.”
What we tested: If Jensen Huang resigns, it could conceivably tank the whole AI investment market.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Things are about to get very wild. Exactly how wild is anyone’s guess.”
What we tested: Events around Nvidia and the AI industry are about to get very wild.