Elon Musk and other tech executives have signed a petition calling on Nvidia to reinstate Jensen Huang.
The petition places the chip maker and its chief figure at the centre of an unusual public appeal from some of the industry's best-known names. Musk is among those who added their signatures.
The petition
The appeal is directed at Nvidia, the company with which Huang is associated. The signatories are asking it to bring him back, a demand that suggests his position at the firm is in question.
Nvidia has not been reported to have responded to the petition, and no timetable has been set for any decision on the request.
The report
One report about the affair offers a sharply worded account of Huang. It says he lost his mind and describes him as AI's smartest man who fell for the world's oldest trick. The description comes from a single outlet and has not been repeated elsewhere.
The petition and the report have drawn fresh attention to Huang and to Nvidia, whose chips sit at the heart of much of the current boom in artificial intelligence. Executives who rely on that hardware are among those now publicly pressing for his return.
Nvidia's decision on the petition, and whether it chooses to answer the signatories, is the next development to watch.
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