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"XXX is being investigated" implies there's some kind of possible wrongdoing here.
There might be some of that, but this is not likely the focus of the investigation.
They're investigating a potential influence operation involving the CEO, which may overlap with investigating some kind of culpability on his part.
It's an unfair editorial headline.
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Here is the literal source:
"" initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.""
Jensen is not specifically under investigation, if anything the language is sympathetic to him being the target of a foreign Op.
The US government is investigating Alice Huang (not Jensen) for obvious reasons.
Obviously the 'bar' is different for the CEO than for someone acting with criminal intent, but it's not far to say that Jensen is under investigation.
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> "XXX is being investigated" implies there's some kind of possible wrongdoing here
A Board independently investigating its CEO with outside counsel absolutely communicates they think he may have fucked up. You don't do that in the normal course of affairs.
The board of directors have no jurisdiction to investigate an "influence operation on their CEO", and even if they did, they have no power to do anything about it. Their jurisdiction is within the business.
If this was primarily an investigation of the external actors, this would be talking about what law enforcement are doing.
The wording of the announcement is pretty neutral but I think it's clear what is within and without their bailiwick. The title is a much more informative description than "Statement from the board".
It's not an editorial headline when it's straight from the source lol. This is the official NVidia press release.
Do you seriously think NVidia wants to have more eyeballs on this scandal?
> "XXX is being investigated" implies there's some kind of possible wrongdoing here.
There clearly is some "possible wrongdoing here", hence the investigation which has been launched if for no other purpose than to rule that out.
> They're investigating a potential influence operation involving the CEO
They're not investigating what we already know. The presence of a spy leaves no doubt that Huang was the target of an influence operation, the primary concern now are the details of Huang's conduct with respect to being targeted.