The Nvidia CEO’s advocacy for selling AI chips to China could be previously explained by self-interest, but things have become a lot murkier, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion. The Nvidia CEO’s fall from grace seems so shocking partly because the honey-trap story feels so depressingly low-tech. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously said US chip restrictions on China were a "mistake" and that, despite competition, "they're not our.