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AI chip-maker chief resigns

November 12, 2026 · 46 min

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One of the AI industry's most important figures, the CEO of the chip-maker Nvidia Jensen Huang, has resigned amid allegations that he had extramarital affairs with a suspected Chinese spy and a fellow company executive.

What could this cost Nvidia - and the whole AI sector?

Also in the programme: a historic senate victory in Mississippi; as US negotiators meet President Putin to discuss the latest peace initiative, the people of Ukraine prepare for another miserable winter; and Manchester United sack another head coach - what does this mean for the once-great behemoth?

(Photo shows then-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking on stage during a summit in Berlin, Germany on 19 October 2026. Credit: Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

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