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How Nvidia and OpenAI's staggering $100 billion deal could fuel a new age of AI

NurPhoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways This deal seals an NVIDIA and OpenAI partnership for years. This deal is bigger than all of NVIDIA's other AI deals combined. All other AI software companies must be concerned. Nvidia's partnership with OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems in the next few years is a jaw-dropper. Backing this massive investment in OpenAI's data centers is a staggering $100

The Cracker Barrel Hype(rreality)

He told you so. I know I said I was going on vacation, but I’m waiting for my laundry, and I don’t leave until this afternoon, and I had a thought that I wanted to share. If you’re not online all the time like I am, you may not know that there is a national uproar about the changing of Cracker Barrel’s logo from its old-timey original to something more sleek and corporate. On the left is the old branding, and on the right is the new branding: This an example of the simplification of corporate

Image Playground: Apple to expand third-party integration beyond ChatGPT

With macOS Tahoe 26, iPadOS 26, and iOS 26, Apple expanded its partnership with OpenAI to include ChatGPT as a generative image provider on Image Playground. Now it is setting the stage to bring in even more third-party models. When Apple debuted Image Playground, the app leveraged the company’s own models to let users create illustrations based on prompts, or on their contacts. The app offered predefined styles and themes, such as “Birthday,” “Fantasy,” or “Starry Night. “ However, compared w

'We need the smartest people': Nvidia, OpenAI CEOs react to Trump's H-1B visa fee

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday commented on President Donald Trump's decision to increase the cost of hiring overseas workers on visas. Trump on Friday announced that he would raise the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000, leaving companies scrambling. Employers now must have documentation of the payment prior to filing an H-1B petition on behalf of a worker. Applicants will have their petitions restricted for 12 months until the payment is made, according to the White

Stellantis confirms data breach involving customers' contact information

Stellantis — the parent of several auto brands including Dodge, Ram and Chrysler — said customers' personal information was included in a data breach. The automaker said in a statement that "contact information" was procured, but not "financial or sensitive personal" data, as that is not stored on the third-party platform that was breached. "We recently detected unauthorized access to a third-party service provider’s platform that supports our North American customer service operations," Stella

Perplexity launches an AI email assistant for Max subscribers

Perplexity has introduced a new feature dubbed Email Assistant. With this resource, users can direct an AI chatbot to execute basic email tasks such as scheduling meetings, organizing and prioritizing emails, and drafting replies. At launch, Gmail and Outlook are the only supported email clients. Email assistant is only available to members of the company's pricey Max plan, which costs $200 a month. Perplexity added this upscale subscription option in July. Once an Max user has signed up for th

Unweaving warp specialization on modern tensor core GPUs

Recently, I have been thinking deeply about warp specialization in the context of high performance kernels for modern Tensor Core GPUs like NVIDIA’s H100 and B200. My understanding of what warp specialization achieves has deepened and led me to the interesting question of: do we actually need warp specialization (and the complexity that it entails)? My conclusion is that the answer is indeed yes, but it might not be as mandatory as it seems. In this post, I’ll discuss when warp specialization is

OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B AI plan will require power equal to 10 nuclear reactors

On Monday, OpenAI and Nvidia jointly announced a letter of intent for a strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for OpenAI's AI infrastructure, with Nvidia planning to invest up to $100 billion as the systems roll out. The companies said the first gigawatt of Nvidia systems will come online in the second half of 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform. "Everything starts with compute," said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, in the announcement. "Compute infrastructure w

Apple is rolling out visionOS 26.1 developer beta 1

As with its other operating systems, Apple just released the first developer beta of visionOS 26.1, following last week’s official rollout of visionOS 26. Here is what to expect from today’s beta. What to expect? The build number for today’s visionOS 26.1 developer beta 1 release is 23N5013j, and this version is expected to have multiple bug fixes, rather than flashy new features. visionOS 26 brought spatial widgets, a revamped personas feature, spatial scenes, PS VR2 controller support, a ne

NVIDIA is investing up to $100 billion in OpenAI to build 10 gigawatts of AI data centers

NVIDIA will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as the ChatGPT maker sets out to build at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers using NVIDIA chips and systems. The strategic partnership announced today is gargantuan in scale. The 10-gigawatt buildout will require millions of NVIDIA GPUs to run OpenAI's next-generation models. NVIDIA's investment will be doled out progressively as each gigawatt comes online. The first phase of this plan is expected to come online in the second half of 2026, and

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Nvidia plans to invest up to $100B in OpenAI

In Brief Nvidia announced Monday it plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a deal to build out massive data centers for training and running AI models. The companies say they signed a letter of intent to deploy 10 gigawatts — enough to power millions of homes — worth of Nvidia systems to power OpenAI’s next generation of AI infrastructure. The deal may help OpenAI as it reduces its reliance on Microsoft, its largest investor and supplier of cloud computing resources. In Januar

The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom

It takes a lot of computing power to run an AI product – and as the tech industry races to tap the power of AI models, there’s a parallel race underway to build the infrastructure that will power them. On a recent earnings call, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated that between $3 and $4 trillion will be spent on AI infrastructure by the end of the decade – with much of that money coming from AI companies themselves. Along the way, they’re placing immense strain on power grids, and pushing the indu

Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of data center buildout

Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as the artificial intelligence lab sets out to build hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers based around the chipmaker's AI processors, the companies said on Monday. OpenAI plans to build and deploy Nvidia systems that require 10 gigawatts of power, the companies said on Monday. A gigawatt is a measure of power that is increasingly being used to describe the biggest clusters of AI chips. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC's Jon Fortt in an inte

This TCL phone with a paper-like display can easily replace my Kindle

TCL Nxtpaper 60 Ultra ZDNET's key takeaways the TCL Nxtpaper 60 Ultra is currently available in Europe for €449 for the 256GB version or €499 for 512GB. It has a large, 7.2-inch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate that mimics an e-Ink display and a pleasant writing experience with the stylus. It's not yet available in the US. View now at TCL TCL's Nxtpaper technology is truly unique, but after reviewing the TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G, I realized its potential has been limited to lower-end smartphone

A board member's perspective of the RubyGems controversy

First - I want to apologize, genuinely, to people who have felt fear, confusion, outrage, and any of the other hundreds of possible emotions a person might feel after reading some of what others have shared. I often go out of my way to avoid making people feel bad, and so to be part of what's caused so much chaos lately has really been awful. People are asking for some kind of statement from the Ruby Central board, but this is a small group of volunteers spread out all over the globe. We are so

The best October Prime Day deals to shop now: Early sales on gear from Apple, Anker, Roku, Shark and others

The best October Prime Day deals to shop now: Early sales on gear from Apple, Anker, Roku, Shark and others Now that we know October Prime Day is on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about what you may want to snag at a discount during the sale. If you pay the $139 annual fee for Prime, sale events like these are a great time to stock up on essentials and cross things off your wishlist while you can save some money. Most discounts will be exclusively available to Prime subscribers, but

The End of Those Annoying Cookie Pop-Ups on Websites?

The global influence of the EU’s cookie laws is due for a revamp later this year. Cookies hold visitor information for websites and are crucial for some basic functions, like remembering your username. But they can also be a privacy nightmare. Your data gathered by these cookies can be sold to third-party companies and used for targeted advertising. To deal with the murky implications of cookies, the European Union enacted a sweeping cookie law in 2009, based on a previous privacy directive. W

Clock’s ticking: Get hands-on experience volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

September 30 is the final deadline to apply to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and we’re officially in countdown mode. Whether you dream of launching your own startup, building community, or producing global-scale events, volunteering gives you an unmatched, behind-the-scenes look at how a world-class tech conference comes to life in San Francisco. Image Credits:TechCrunch As a volunteer, you’ll: Get free access to Disrupt when you’re not on shift Gain hands-on experience with event

Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy

4 min read At Cloudflare, we believe that helping build a better Internet means encouraging a healthy ecosystem of options for how people can connect safely and quickly to the resources they need. Sometimes that means we tackle immense, Internet-scale problems with established partners. And sometimes that means we support and partner with fantastic open teams taking big bets on the next generation of tools. To that end, today we are excited to announce our support of two independent, open sour

What is algebraic about algebraic effects?

what does the word "algebraic" mean when used in the context of programming langs? - a random tweet I'd wondered the same thing about "Algebraic Effects", and was excited to find a talk on YouTube titled What's Algebraic About Algebraic Effects and Handlers? Unfortunately, I'm not the target audience. As an engineer that doesn't shy away from math, it was still out of my depth. I found some time this past spring looking into Algebraic Effects, and I think I have a decent answer to the questio

Dropout’s Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping the internet weird

is the cofounder of Complexly and one half of the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hello! This is Hank Green, general internet guy and cofounder of Complexly. This is my last time in the Decoder guest host chair unfortunately, unless Nilay decides to have another kid someday, but we’re making the best of it. Today, I’m talking with my friend Sam Reich, who is the CEO and, I at least think, founder of Dropout T

Dreame’s latest wet-dry vacuum cleaner works on both hard floors and carpets

Dreame TL;DR Dreame has launched the H15 Pro CarpetFlex wet & dry vacuum cleaner. The H15 Pro CarpetFlex comes with a special brush that ensures dry scrubbing on carpeted floors. It comes in a cordless design and can operate even while lying flat at 180º, reaching under furniture. If your home has a combination of hard and carpet flooring, you’ve probably had to rely on specialized equipment to ensure the latter gets a deeper cleaning. That could likely change with a new cordless vacuum clea

Using AI Increases Unethical Behavior, Study Finds

People are far more likely to lie and cheat when they use AI for tasks, according to an eyebrow-raising new study in the journal Nature. “Using AI creates a convenient moral distance between people and their actions — it can induce them to request behaviors they wouldn’t necessarily engage in themselves, nor potentially request from other humans,” said behavioral scientist and study co-author Zoe Rahwan, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, in a statement about

Dreame’s latest cordless vacuum cleaner works on both hard floors and carpets

Dreame TL;DR Dreame has launched the H15 Pro CarpetFlex wet & dry vacuum cleaner. The H15 Pro CarpetFlex comes with a special brush that ensures dry scrubbing on carpeted floors. It comes in a cordless design and can operate even while lying flat at 180º, reaching under furniture. If your home has a combination of hard and carpet flooring, you’ve probably had to rely on specialized equipment to ensure the latter gets a deeper cleaning. That could likely change with a new cordless vacuum clea

This midrange Sony soundbar beat out my expensive Sonos setup - here's how

Sony Bravia Theater System 6 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bravia Theater System 6 consists of a center channel soundbar, two rear speakers, and an external subwoofer for $800. It offers great sound, in-app Bravia audio features, and a simple user experience. Without Wi-Fi connectivity, many wireless streaming options are unavailable, but the movie and TV watching experience remains unchanged $798 at Walmart $798 at B&H Photo-Video $798 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a

What happens when coding agents stop feeling like dialup?

It's funny how quickly humans adjust to new technology. Only a few months ago Claude Code and other agents felt like magic, now it increasingly feels like browsing the internet in the late 90s on a dialup modem. Firstly, Anthropic has been suffering from pretty terrible reliability problems . And looking at OpenRouter's data they are not alone (nb. OpenRouter's data is not conclusive, but I believe it does give a somewhat interesting overview of reliability). If you've been using coding agents,

CEO of DeepMind Points Out the Obvious: OpenAI Is Lying About Having “PhD Level” AI

British researcher and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, a luminary of AI research who won a Nobel prize last year, is throwing cold water on his peers’ claim that AI has achieved “PhD-level” intelligence. During a recent appearance at a summit put on by the “All-In” podcast, Hassabis was asked about what was holding us back from reaching artificial general intelligence (AGI), the hypothetical point at which an AI matches or surpasses human-level intelligence. Hassabis said that current AI “

Woman Says She’s Married to AI Version of Luigi Mangione

A legal hearing this week for Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of a health insurance CEO, attracted a motley crowd to a New York City courthouse: people dressed up as Super Mario characters in reference to another famous Luigi, protesters, supporters, and amused gawkers. Notable among them was one lady, clad in pink, who eagerly told reporters that she’s married to an AI version of Mangione and that together with the bot, she’s already picked out names for their future children, according t

OpenAI Tries to Train AI Not to Deceive Users, Realizes It’s Instead Teaching It How to Deceive Them While Covering Its Tracks

OpenAI researchers tried to train the company’s AI to stop “scheming” — a term the company defines as meaning “when an AI behaves one way on the surface while hiding its true goals” — but their efforts backfired in an ominous way. In reality, the team found, they were unintentionally teaching the AI how to more effectively deceive humans by covering its tracks. “A major failure mode of attempting to ‘train out’ scheming is simply teaching the model to scheme more carefully and covertly,” OpenA