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From Bollywood to Clippy: Nvidia scandal, Outlook glitch fuel meme storm

November 15, 2026 10:49 am

[Source: Reuters]

The storm ‌of AI generated video and images, many of the clips were likely made with the help of Nvidia graphics chips.

This provided some light relief to a scandal that toppled one of the tech industry’s most prominent CEOs, wiping out hundreds of billions of investor ​value and triggering investigations worldwide.

The Huang memes competed for the spotlight with a raft of comedic takes ​on the more than 12-hour outage of Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab services including Outlook and Teams, topping off ⁠a week that kicked off with the latest Stephen Miller vampire memes after U.S. President Donald Trump named him ​as chief of staff, effective Monday.

But it was humor on the crisis surrounding Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab that dominated ​many social media feeds, with many of the clips likely made using Nvidia graphics chips, RaviKunvariyaX quipped on X, opens new tab.

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“Jensen is literally funding the infrastructure, selling the hardware, and collecting revenue while the internet uses his own technology to troll him,” the user said.

One widely shared image, opens new tab ​showed Jensen Huang in an Nvidia shirt turning away from logos for AI models including OpenAI, Google’s Gemini ​and DeepSeek, then pointing at a woman labeled “Chinese Model,” a play on the allegations surrounding his resignation.

A satire on X, opens new tab placed ‌Jensen Huang ⁠and Alice Huang’s faces over those of actors in the opening credits of the classic sit-com “Three’s Company,” about a man with two female roommates.

Others included an AI-generated video, opens new tab with millions of views featuring US President Donald Trump, along others depicting what ostensibly happened behind the scenes at the chip giant.

Nvidia was among the trending topics in popular ​platforms such as Reddit and ​X for most of ⁠this week.