PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - November 12
Nov 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Nvidia’s NVDA.O board of directors is weighing the future of Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, after revelations that he had an affair with an executive who reports to him as well as with a woman whom US intelligence has identified as a Chinese spy.
- Agile Robots, a German company developing industrial robots powered by artificial intelligence, has raised $500 million in new funding from investors including SoftBank 9984.T and Nvidia that values the start-up at $8.5 billion.
- United Airlines UAL.O is banning artificial intelligence agents acting as personal assistants from access to user accounts and from booking its flights, citing privacy concerns and other potential disruptions or violations if humans are not involved
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about why the administration had not put restrictions on advanced chip sales to Megaspeed.