From Business Insider · Hugh Langley · · 1m 30s
Jensen Huang roasted by AI he built
Nvidia's ousted CEO faces a flood of deepfakes and memes made with the very technology his company powers.
In brief
Nvidia's ousted CEO faces a flood of deepfakes and memes made with the very technology his company powers. Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO following a scandal involving extramarital affairs and foreign intelligence concerns, sparking an internet meme campaign built on generative AI running on Nvidia chips…
Nvidia CEO resigns over scandal
Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO on Thursday following a scandal involving extramarital affairs and a board investigation into foreign intelligence concerns.
The alleged affair and spying claim
A New York Times report alleged that a woman named Alice Huang, with whom Jensen Huang allegedly had an affair, may have been passing information to Beijing. China has said spying allegations are unsubstantiated.
Memes built on Nvidia's own chips
Many realistic video memes featuring Huang have been created using generative AI, a technology largely built and run on Nvidia chips.
The Matrix deepfake goes viral
One deepfake with over seven point five million views depicts a scene from The Matrix, swapping Neo for Jensen Huang and Morpheus for Donald Trump, with an Elon Musk cameo.
Other viral meme formats
Memes have placed Huang in Shaggy's It Wasn't Me music video, a Coldplay kiss cam, a 500 Days of Summer scene, and an Office episode that racked up more than eleven thousand likes on X.
Interim CEO faces serious challenges
Interim CEO Colette Kress must steady Nvidia after a volatile week for the company's stock, while Jensen Huang continues to face scrutiny over national security concerns.
The essence
Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO following a scandal involving extramarital affairs and foreign intelligence concerns, sparking an internet meme campaign built on generative AI running on Nvidia chips.
