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AI news on 3 September 2026

12:07
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for almost $13 billion, expanding further up AI stack
CNBC Technology▴263+13
- NVIDIA is buying Hugging Face for $12.93 billionEngadget
- Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billionTechCrunch
- Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AIWIRED
- NVIDIA Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9BUnite.AI
- Nvidia to Acquire Hugging FaceHacker News front page
- Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the Github of AI, for $13 billionArs Technica
- NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93BAI News
- Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging FaceBBC Technology
- Nvidia to spend $13 billion on Hugging Face, which will remain an open source platformTechXplore
- It's official! Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face for 12.9 billion dollars.r/LocalLLaMA
- With Hugging Face Acquisition, Nvidia Scores Big Win in AI RaceAI Business
- NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Facer/singularity
- Nvidia confirms $12.9B acquisition of AI hosting platform Hugging FaceSiliconANGLE
18:00
OpenAI begins rolling out Astra model after warning of its advanced cyber capabilities
CNBC Technology▴229+11
00:02
Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash is built for agents, while its Cyber twin hunts vulnerabilities
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- Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash CyberHacker News front page
- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash CyberGoogle DeepMind
- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyberr/singularity
- Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeksArs Technica
- Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash With Cybersecurity VariantUnite.AI
- Google launches two Gemini 3.8 models with cutting-edge reasoning capabilitiesSiliconANGLE
16:40
US government sides with OpenAI in New York Times copyright lawsuit
TechXplore+4
11:45
Meta closes in on the top with Muse Spark 1.3, and undercuts rivals on price
The Decoder+2
- Meta Launches Muse Spark 1.3, Citing Gains in Coding and Agentic TasksUnite.AI
- Meta says it has caught up with Anthropic and OpenAI after releasing Muse Spark 1.3, its most powerful LLM so farSiliconANGLE
00:06
Supervised Autonomous Rides Arrive in London Through Uber-Wayve Partnership
Unite.AI+2
- Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors)Engadget
- Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in oneBBC Technology
21:56
Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today
WIREDlimited+1
- Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Todayr/OpenAI
18:05
Sanders and Casar Unveil Bill to Outlaw Superintelligent AI in the U.S.
Unite.AI▴25+1
- Sanders introduces bill to ban artificial superintelligence and pause AIHacker News front page
16:42
OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
WIREDlimited+1
- OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Muskr/OpenAI
16:00
NVIDIA's PAIR lets you use idle PCs for AI computing tasks
Engadget+1
- Nvidia Connects Home Computers Into One AI Inference Cluster With PAIRUnite.AI
15:02
Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model
Google DeepMind+1
- WeatherNext 3: Our most advanced global weather AI modelr/singularity
15:00
Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
TechCrunch+1
- Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecastsEngadget
12:00
DJI launches new robot vacuums with an eye toward data privacy
Engadget+1
- DJI Launches ROMO 2 Robot Vacuum Series GloballyUnite.AI
08:22
Anthropic ramps up Claude infrastructure with $35 billion Lambda deal
The Decoder+1
- Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 after inking $35B cloud deal with LambdaSiliconANGLE
23:35
UiPath beats on revenue but its stock tanks after-hours
SiliconANGLE
23:34
Could robots be the future of theme parks?
BBC Technology
22:00
Ugreen's new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubs
Engadget
21:52
SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners'
Engadget
21:19
Enterprise AI Startup Wonderful Now Valued at $5B
AI Business
20:00
Why organic chemistry may help build AI that can explain its answers
TechXplore
19:36
Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation
TechCrunch
18:40
Hugging Face, the French startup that became AI's warehouse
TechXplore
18:37
Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails
TechCrunch
18:32
AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost?
BBC Technology
18:19
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model
TechCrunch
18:10
Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime
Ars Technica
18:07
Pangram's biggest flaw is users turning its scores into public shaming
The Decoder
17:15
MAI-Transcribe-2 Tops FLEURS Benchmark Across 60 Languages, Microsoft Says
Unite.AI
17:05
Pentagon Official Reaffirms Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Designation
Unite.AI
17:00
Responsible AI must be built in from the start, researchers say
TechXplore
16:39
Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from hackers
Engadget
16:24
Nitin Seth, Author of Human Edge in the AI Age – Interview Series
Unite.AI
16:21
CrowdStrike’s Falcon Guardian shrinks an AI agent’s blast radius
SiliconANGLE
16:09
Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race
TechCrunch
16:07
OneRail uses Nvidia AI for real-time last-mile delivery optimisation
AI News
16:00
Google rolls out AI-powered voice capabilities for Gmail, Docs and Keep
Engadget
16:00
Lenovo unveils two Yoga laptops with NVIDIA's RTX Spark
Engadget
15:57
CrowdStrike builds an identity provider for AI agents, not humans
SiliconANGLE
15:49
OpenEvidence Launches Medical AI Model Family With Darwin Preview
Unite.AI
15:40
New probabilistic method improves how robots localize and map familiar objects
TechXplore