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The Download: Silicon Valley’s blind spot and Nvidia’s chip-tracking plan
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get...
Israel’s VCs see opportunity for challengers in Nvidia’s turmoil
Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure.
This Startup Is Betting on AI Microdramas to Get More Black Stories in Hollywood
Mansa says its AI microdramas can serve as proofs of concept for what Black audiences want. Critics say the studio is selling out.
More autonomy, fewer NDAs: Volunteers have new requests for brain implant trials
Scientists have been working on ways to decode brain activity for decades. Teams have developed brain implants that can be used to control robotic limbs and computers, and even to “speak.” The people...
Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong?
The self-styled visionaries of Silicon Valley, leaders like OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, have built careers claiming to see the future. Long-term vision is currency:...
AI agent tooling provider LangChain secures $300M investment
LangChain Inc., a startup with a set of popular open-source tools for building artificial intelligence agents, has raised $300 million in funding. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Alphabet...
CNCF data shows cloud native is the on-ramp to AI, and maintainers are paying the price
The global population of cloud-native developers has topped 21 million, but the headcount tells only part of the story. Artificial intelligence is changing what those developers build and how...
Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a lower-cost model said to outscore Argon
Google LLC today released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a lower-cost model in its Gemini 4 artificial intelligence family that it says outscores its frontier Gemini 4 Argon model on an independent intelligence...
As AI agents take control, Nvidia rethinks the security playbook
Nvidia Corp. recently added a new pillar to its AI networking infrastructure with the unveiling of Scale-In. Scale-In brings purpose-built acceleration to secure, manage and operate agentic AI...
Democrats launch Nvidia investigation, write scathing letter on Huang’s ‘scheme’ with Trump
This Congressional investigation into Nvidia's China sales and its dealings with Trump is the second one, so far, since news of the alleged spy affair broke.
Muse can now place calls to US businesses — if you pay
Muse's AI can now place outbound calls to U.S. businesses — but it's not free.
Jensen Huang Is Out. Will Nvidia’s Rivals Cash In?
In a special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we break down Jensen Huang’s resignation from Nvidia, what comes next for the company, and where the AI industry goes from here.
What to expect during SC26: Join theCUBE Nov. 17–19
High-performance computing and artificial intelligence are converging, driven by advances in exascale computing, accelerated systems, data storage and high-speed networking. The convergence of these...
3 ways AI is changing the healthcare revenue cycle
The healthcare revenue cycle depends on teams investigating denied claims, checking payer rules and deciding which problems need a human’s attention. AI agents could take on some of that work, but...
The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline
Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.
Nebius tests the neocloud playbook with $40 billion in planned spending
Nebius plans to fund its $40 billion AI infrastructure expansion through customer prepayments and loans, even as delays at a Microsoft data center raise questions about its financing model.
Kubernetes gets a second act as AI agents turn one prompt into thousands of inference calls
The rise of agentic AI systems is giving Kubernetes, long valued for its reliability and predictability, an unexpected second act. As AI spending shifts from training models toward serving them and...
4 insights from Block Builderlab Launch Event 2026: AI agents join the team as working colleagues
At Block Builderlab Launch Event 2026, AI agents moved out of single-player chat windows and into shared workspaces. There they work beside people as named, auditable members of the team. Block Inc....
Claude Meetings lets Anthropic's AI join your video calls
Anthropic is adding Claude directly to video calls. Claude Meetings joins Google Meet sessions and creates documents, whiteboards, and meeting notes in real time. The feature launches in beta for...
Jensen Huang was having a third affair, Reuters reports
Reuters is withholding the name of the new employee linked to Huang, but says she is an employee of Nvidia.
Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility
Representatives from Nvidia told Illinois representative Bill Foster that it would be technically possible to implement the anti-smuggling measures called for in the Chip Security Act, Foster told...
Google retools Kubernetes for AI agents instead of building a new stack
Agentic workloads are pushing Kubernetes into territory its creators never planned for. Agents generate untrusted code on the fly, sit idle for long stretches and churn through pods at a pace that...
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen outscores the bigger Argon just four weeks after its launch
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen replaces the Flash series, but benchmarks suggest it also makes the pricier Argon obsolete. On the independent Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Hydrogen nearly...
Google’s latest Search upgrade promises better answers to your most complicated questions
Powered by Gemini 4 Hydrogen, Google's AI Mode is getting better at understanding complex queries, surfacing relevant links, and delivering richer visual responses.
Nectar launches an AI agent to automate creator discovery and outreach for brands
Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results.
Jensen Huang’s $470 Billion Affair
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” the team unpacks the Nvidia CEO’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy and what that means for the AI industry.
Jensen Huang’s exit puts Nvidia’s support for open source in question
Jensen Huang’s resignation raises questions about Nvidia’s commitment to open source AI, including its Hugging Face acquisition, open-weight models, and advocacy against restrictions, as the company...
Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit
Hugging Face's CEO pledged to keep fighting for open source AI after Huang's exit, raising questions about Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition.
United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights, citing cybersecurity risks
The airline said it will not allow customers to use AI agents to book flights and manage reservations.
SoftBank’s billion-dollar loss may have put a cap on AI’s natural gas ambitions
SoftBank lost over $3 billion preordering natural gas turbines to power AI data centers. Here's what the loss means to power markets.
Phota Labs uses AI to turn everyday photos into professional-looking shots
Rather than giving consumers yet another photo-editing tool, Phota Labs aims to use advances in AI to automate the editing process so it’s easier for anyone to turn everyday moments into better...
OpenAI’s data suggests that frontier models are hiding their thoughts because developers optimize for capability and compute
OpenAI's safety team systematically investigated why the chains of thought in frontier models like GPT-6 Astra are increasingly evading oversight. Four training steps drive the erosion, including...
Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress
Huang, who was ousted as CEO following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, agreed to testify Wednesday after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him.
Five ways Jensen Huang’s ouster from Nvidia could damage the AI industry
Nvidia's ousted CEO Jensen Huang's downfall isn’t just your run-of-the-mill salacious billionaire sex scandal. He was using his influence to push the AI industry in some very specific ways.
Trump floats Apple chairman Tim Cook as Jensen Huang’s successor
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump says only one man can take Jensen Huang's place as head of Nvidia: Tim Cook.
Norwest pushes deeper into AI with new $4B fund
This is the investment firm's largest fund to date.
Cyberattack on Fireworks AI allowed hackers to access Notion customers’ chat transcripts
This is Fireworks' second data breach in as many months.
Meet Colette Kress, Nvidia’s New Interim CEO
Nvidia’s longtime chief financial officer helped transform the company into an AI powerhouse. Now she’s taking the reins following Jensen Huang’s resignation on Thursday.
Clipto enables ChatGPT and Claude to search and analyze years of people’s meetings and video calls
Artificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude have become essential tools for millions of workers worldwide, helping them compose emails in seconds, generate complex code and draft...
Qvyon launches with $8M to improve safety for physical AI deployments
Physical AI validation infrastructure and software development company Qvyon Technologies Inc. launched today with $8 million in total funding to help companies validate autonomous vehicles and...
Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO
Nvidia’s cofounder and chief executive resigned on Thursday after the company opened an investigation into his affair with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.
ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live uses conversational context to stop voice agents from cutting off callers mid-sentence
ElevenLabs has released Scribe v3 and Scribe v3 Live, two new speech recognition models designed to transcribe accurately through background noise and crosstalk. Benchmarks from Artificial Analysis...
Hatz AI raises $24M to help small businesses go AI-native through their MSPs
Large enterprises have emerged as the foremost adopters of artificial intelligence technology, and it’s giving them an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors. Looking to change that is a...
Google Deepmind shifts genomics AI from bulk tissue predictions to single cell type resolution with AlphaGenome 2
Google Deepmind has unveiled AlphaGenome 2, an AI model that analyzes genetic variants for individual cell types rather than across bulk tissue. Trained on more than 107 million cell profiles, it...
Agents that build their own databases are forcing a data foundation rethink
AI agents are changing how enterprises create, move and govern information, and data observability is turning into a prerequisite rather than a nice-to-have. Models get most of the attention, but the...
Alex Karp Said He’s a ‘Progressive.’ OK! Here’s Some Other Stuff He’s Said Recently
The Palantir CEO touted his “progressive” worldview in a recent interview. Let’s see how that lines up with his comments during the company’s earnings call two weeks ago.
Australia's proposed AI safety bill would force frontier model makers to open up to independent testing
Australia's government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, wants to enshrine mandatory safety rules for frontier AI companies in law for the first time. A new regulator would enforce independent...
Nebuly wants to help enterprises understand exactly what their AI investments are worth after raising $21M
An Italian startup called Nebuly S.r.l. says it’s going to help organizations better understand the impact their investments in artificial intelligence have on their bottom lines after raising $21...
Google’s GKE Labs turns reinforcement learning into a Kubernetes workload
Model fine-tuning through reinforcement learning is fast becoming one of the most demanding jobs in AI infrastructure. It mixes training, inference and sandboxed agent work in a single loop, often...
Google enters decision model market with Gemini Decisions API
Google LLC today launched Gemini Decisions API, an artificial intelligence service designed to answer user questions in a cost-efficient manner. It’s powered by a new AI model called Gemini Decision...
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The Download: Silicon Valley’s blind spot and Nvidia’s chip-tracking plan
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Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong?