NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the company is acquiring Hugging Face, the open-source AI model-sharing platform, in a deal worth $12.93 billion. Huang said NVIDIA plans to scale the platform's infrastructure and broaden AI access, while pledging Hugging Face will remain open to the entire ecosystem without requiring NVIDIA hardware. The deal, still subject to regulatory approval, follows NVIDIA's earlier investment in Hugging Face during a 2023 funding round.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-03
OpenAI announced its upcoming Astra model has crossed what the company calls a critical cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can independently discover and exploit unknown software vulnerabilities without human guidance. The model reportedly scored perfectly on ExploitBench and found two zero-day flaws in an internal test, prompting OpenAI to limit access to its most advanced capabilities and add extra monitoring before release.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-01
Hugging Face, the widely used repository for open-source AI models and developer tools, is reportedly the target of a potential investment or acquisition move by Nvidia. The platform is a central hub where developers share, download and test AI models, giving it outsized influence over the open model ecosystem despite limited public name recognition.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-08-28
According to The Information, Nvidia has agreed to acquire AI model-sharing platform Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion, though Business Insider says talks are still ongoing without a signed deal. Neither company has confirmed the reports publicly. The price would make it Nvidia's largest acquisition ever, well above the $7 billion it paid for Mellanox in 2020.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-27
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