SAN FRANCISCO ¨C He had rock star status, and now the artificial intelligence industry is weighing who can fill the shoes of Jensen Huang after his forced exit from U.S. chip king Nvidia left the ¡°central bank of AI¡± without its longtime leader.
Huang¡¯s abrupt fall comes at a sensitive time for the sector, just days before the closely watched IPO of AI firm Anthropic and amid mounting concerns about the financial soundness of the industry¡¯s colossal investment spree.
Before his resignation on Thursday after details emerged about multiple extramarital affairs, including with a suspected Chinese spy, Huang had positioned himself as a major booster for the AI industry across both political and financial lines.
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