The Download examines Jensen Huang scandal and chip geopolitics

The MIT Technology Review Brasil videocast The Download examines the consequences for Nvidia of the scandal involving Jensen Huang, then the company’s CEO. According to the article, Huang confessed to an affair with an alleged spy and resigned; the episode is connected to international competition over chips between China and the United States.

The program also covers an initiative in the United States in which humanoid robots are training to clean apartments. The startup behind it charges below-market rates for residents to authorize tests aimed at helping the robots learn. The videocast is published weekly on YouTube and Spotify.