Editorial: Der Preis der Abhängigkeit
Nvidia-Chef Jensen Huang ist nicht mehr zu halten. Nun drohen dem Konzern, der nur auf ihn zugeschnitten war, heftige Turbulenzen. Aber der Fall Nvidia bietet auch eine Lehre für Europa.
The price of dependence is a lesson that cannot be spared, and one that should not be. Jensen Huang's case serves as an example of both. The first lesson is concise: those who build a part of the infrastructure for the most significant technological revolution of this century, namely chips, which are essential for the most powerful AI models, will become a target.
Huang finds himself at the epicenter of a development that could have far-reaching consequences greater than the invention of the atomic bomb. One doesn't need much imagination to realize that foreign powers and their services are interested in such a person. Even during the Cold War, every businessman and politician knew what to do when approached by an unknown person with a Russian accent in a bar: order a drink quickly and then head home.
Huang did not. He agreed to meet a manager whose company, previously unknown, buys Nvidia chips and is reportedly working for China's Ministry of State Security. This relationship with a client's executive is a conflict of interest and should have warranted a resignation.
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