"Jensen Huang Performs 'Trouble Maker'... AI Memes Explode After Affair Admission"

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AI-generated parody content satirizing the affair scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is spreading online in South Korea and abroad.

On November 9 (local time), U.S. technology outlet TechCrunch cited figures from AI content detection company Copyleaks, reporting that "as of this morning, at least 70 AI-generated posts about Jensen Huang and Megaspeed executive Alice Huang (Chinese name: Huang Le) had been identified on X (formerly Twitter), with about 8.42 million cumulative views and 64,362 reactions." Copyleaks said that "the number of AI-manipulated photos and videos featuring the two has surged explosively."

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A parody image using AI to depict Jensen Huang and Ellis Huang in the “kiss cam” cheating meme captured at a Coldplay concert last year. X

A 13-second video recreating the "kiss cam" at a Coldplay concert, a defining example of the "affair meme," features figures with the two people's faces superimposed. At a Coldplay concert last year, the then-CEO of U.S. software company Astronomer and its head of HR were caught embracing on the big screen, sparking controversy.

A parody video using AI to transform the elevator scene where the two protagonists of the romantic movie "500 Days of Summer" meet, making them look like Jensen Huang and Ellis Huang. X

Parodies reworking films and songs have also emerged. The title of the film "(500) Days of Summer" was changed to "500 Days of Chip," evoking semiconductors, and the faces of the two people were superimposed on the scene in which the film's protagonists first talk in an elevator. AI-generated Jensen Huang also appeared in the music video for "Confessions Pt. II" by U.S. singer Usher, a song about confessing to infidelity. An image of a foldable phone has also spread rapidly on X: Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori Huang, appear on the folded screen, while Alice Huang appears alongside them when the screen is unfolded.

A video parodying singer Hyuna and Jang Hyunseung's "Trouble Maker" performance using AI. X

In South Korea, a video parodying singer Hyuna and Jang Hyunseung's performance of "Trouble Maker" as a duet has spread online. Jensen Huang and Alice Huang take the place of the two singers and dance on stage.

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Alice Huang, a Chinese national, joined Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed as an executive in early 2023. The two first met at Nvidia's annual event in early 2024, and later that year, a photo of them sitting side by side at a bar after the Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, was made public.

A document drafted by U.S. government officials early this year reportedly concluded that the two were romantically involved and that Alice Huang had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to gather information on CEO Huang. On October 29, when the allegations were first reported, Nvidia spokesperson John Rizzo denied them, saying, "Meeting with customers is part of a CEO's work, and Jensen speaks with thousands of executives from customer companies every year."

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. Reuters-Yonhap News

However, in a message sent to employees on November 8, CEO Huang acknowledged the affair, saying, "I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt my wife and children, and there is no excuse for what I did." That same day, Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation, stating, "There is no reason to believe that national security or Nvidia's confidential information was compromised." CEO Huang is expected to continue leading the company.

Speaking to reporters on November 8, U.S. President Donald Trump said of CEO Huang, "He's an honorable man. There may be circumstances that explain it." At a White House briefing the following day, Trump said he had spoken directly with Huang and stated, "Jensen had no idea that woman was a spy."

Megaspeed has launched its own investigation with outside legal counsel, while the Chinese government dismissed the initial report as "groundless speculation." The chairs of three U.S. House panels - the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and the Intelligence Committee - have asked CEO Huang to attend a closed-door briefing on November 18 and explain his relationship with Alice Huang and the company's procedures for protecting confidential information.

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