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The Alice Huang spy report

AI & tech · Heat 10.0 / 10 · 6 shows · 31m airtime

The New York Times reported on October 29, 2026 that US officials concluded Alice Huang, also known as Huang Li, a Megaspeed executive, was a Chinese intelligence asset feeding information to Beijing, and that she had built a close relationship with Jensen Huang over years. Reporting since has established that Trump was briefed on the findings roughly a year ago and chose not to act, and that Jensen Huang has not received a defensive briefing. Megaspeed allegedly bought at least $4.8 billion of Nvidia hardware from June 2024 to February 2026, and Commerce found it still boxed in Malaysia. Megaspeed says it cannot respond to a media trial and welcomes a formal, evidence-based investigation; Nvidia says Megaspeed was an ordinary…

How 6 podcasts covered it

  1. Tech Brew Ride Home, 2026-10-29 (2:15 to 5:31)
    Reports Trump was briefed and did not act
    Opens the show on the New York Times report: US officials concluded Megaspeed's Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset with a years-long relationship with Jensen Huang, Trump was briefed about a year ago and did not act, and Jensen Huang never got a defensive briefing. Nvidia's John Rizzo calls Megaspeed an ordinary customer.
    New angle: Trump was briefed on the findings roughly a year ago and chose not to act; Jensen Huang has not received a defensive briefing.
  2. Daily Tech News Show, 2026-10-29 (19:48 to 24:05)
    Adds the hardware trail behind the report
    Recaps the Times report on Alice Huang and adds the hardware side: Megaspeed allegedly bought at least $4.8 billion of Nvidia-powered equipment between June 2024 and February 2026, and Commerce found it still boxed in a Malaysia data center. Spends most of the segment on Nvidia's denial and why it reads as too long.
    New angle: Megaspeed allegedly bought at least $4.8 billion of Nvidia hardware from June 2024 to February 2026; Commerce found it still boxed in Malaysia.
  3. TBPN, 2026-10-29 (16:01 to 24:07)
    Replays the Megaspeed segment against the Times story
    Reads the New York Times spy-plot story and replays the October 10 Megaspeed segment, checking which suspicions held up. Adds the detail that Alice Wong was a Chinese state media reporter and that Jensen Huang has not posted since October, but stays inside the reporting already on the record.
  4. TBPN, 2026-10-29 (14:56 to 21:36)
    Revisits its Megaspeed takes against the Times
    Revisits the October 10 Megaspeed segment and checks its own takes against the Times report - the state media background, the access to Jensen Huang, the suspicion they stopped short of stating. Frames Malaysia as a compute-diversion canary and riffs on chip arbitrage; no new reporting.
  5. The Best One Yet, 2026-10-30 (6:13 to 10:32)
    Walks the Huang report as a screenplay
    Walks through the Times report as a screenplay: the Megaspeed surveillance, the whiskey photos in Taipei, and Trump's decision not to tell Huang. Frames it with a Cold War parallel and earlier AI espionage cases.
    New angle: The Times reports Trump was told a Chinese spy was in contact with Jensen Huang and chose not to inform him.
  6. The Megyn Kelly Show, 2026-10-30 (14:16 to 16:43)
    Walks through the Times surveillance report
    Walks through the Times report: the Malaysia data center visit, the surveillance finding on Wong's relationship with Huang, Trump's decision not to act, and Nvidia's denial to CNBC. Stays close to the Times account, adding the China trip timing.
    New angle: U.S. intelligence concluded Megaspeed executive Alice Wong was gathering information for Beijing and remains under surveillance.
  7. The AI Daily Brief, 2026-10-30 (10:07 to 12:24)
    Adds Nvidia and Megaspeed responses
    Recaps the Times report on Alice Huang and Jensen Huang, then adds the company responses: Nvidia says it is confident the government would flag any threat to American industry, and Megaspeed says it cannot respond to a media trial and welcomes a formal evidence-based investigation.
    New angle: Megaspeed says it cannot respond to a media trial and welcomes a formal, evidence-based investigation.
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