英伟达联合创始人黄仁勋的女儿原定于周一在韩国展示与该国两大最重要人工智能企业的深化合作关系。结果，麦迪逊·黄取消了出席，一名韩国高级政府官员退出，公司高管们应对受邀记者提出的尴尬问题。
Corp. co-founder Jensen Huang’s daughter planned to showcase deepening ties with two of South Korea’s most important AI players Monday. Instead, Madison Huang cancelled her appearance, a senior government official pulled out and company executives fended off uncomfortable questions from invited journalists.
首个混乱迹象出现在周末，黄仁勋的女儿——一名高级总监——突然取消赴首尔行程，理由是“家庭事务”。此前，一系列报道将英伟达首席执行官与一名被美国官员怀疑为中国间谍的女性联系在一起。黄仁勋随后承认有婚外情，导致英伟达董事会启动独立调查，调查报道称他成为外国情报机构的目标。
The first signs of disruption emerged over the weekend, when Huang’s daughter — a senior director — abruptly scrapped her trip to Seoul, citing a “family matter.”That’s after a series of reports linked Nvidia’s chief executive officer to a woman US officials suspected of being a Chinese spy. Huang later admitted to an affair, leading Nvidia’s board to open an independent probe into reports he was the target of foreign intelligence.
这一临时退出导致原定与科学技术信息通信部长裴京勋的会晤告吹。在活动现场，由级别较低的官员替代了科学技术信息通信部副部长柳济明出席。英伟达由副总裁阿希什·卡兰迪卡尔和首席产品营销经理杰西·克莱顿代表。主办方严格安排了仪式流程，仅允许向三位高管提两个经准备的问题，且均局限于人工智能合作议题。
The last-minute withdrawal torpedoed a planned meeting with Science & ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon. At the event, a lower-ranked official replaced Vice Science & ICT Minister Ryu Je-myung. Nvidia was represented by Vice President Ashish Karandikar and Jesse Clayton, principal product marketing manager. Organizers tightly choreographed the ceremony, allowing just two prepared questions to the three executives, both confined to their AI collaboration.
黄仁勋在韩国塑造了高调公众形象，与财阀大亨公开共进餐食，这已成为韩国人工智能雄心的象征。对韩国而言，这起丑闻引发了关于与黄仁勋及这家在行业中起关键“造王者”作用的公司建立战略性重要伙伴关系的疑问。
Huang has cultivated a high-profile persona in South Korea, staging public meals with business tycoons that have become symbols of the country’s AI ambitions. For South Korea, the scandal raises questions about a strategically vital partnership with Huang and the company that plays kingmaker to the industry.
这种张力在简短仪式结束时达到高潮，英伟达宣布达成协议，将其开放基础设施平台与芯片初创公司Rebellions的人工智能处理器及SK电讯的人工智能数据中心相连接。
That tension came to a head at the conclusion of a brief ceremony, where Nvidia announced an agreement to link its open infrastructure platform with chip startup Rebellions’ AI processors and SK Telecom Co.’s AI data center.
在挤满会议室的记者强烈要求下，英伟达同意接受一个提问，却拒绝了关于麦迪逊·黄突然取消行程或其父亲争议的提问。该问题未获回答。
After strong appeals from journalists who packed the conference room, Nvidia agreed to take one question, only to reject an inquiry about Madison Huang’s abrupt cancellation or the controversy surrounding her father. The question went unanswered.