A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-deeply-nerdy-founders-behind-nvidias-13-billion-bet-on-hugging-face-3a4b5227?st=nAwTFp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-deeply-nerdy-founders-behind-nvidias-13-billion-bet-on-hugging-face-3a4b5227?st=nAwTFp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The Wall Street Journal
The ‘Deeply Nerdy’ Founders Behind Nvidia’s $13 Billion Bet on Hugging Face
The startup began as an emoji-named app for teens before becoming a crusader for open-source artificial intelligence.
Q&A with Jensen Huang and Clément Delangue on the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal, scaling open-source models, the rumored $1B talent retention plan, and more (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/cnbc-exclusive-transcript-nvidia-founder-ceo-jensen-huang-and-hugging-face-ceo-clment-delangue-speak-with-cnbcs-becky-quick-on-squawk-box-today.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/cnbc-exclusive-transcript-nvidia-founder-ceo-jensen-huang-and-hugging-face-ceo-clment-delangue-speak-with-cnbcs-becky-quick-on-squawk-box-today.html
CNBC
CNBC Exclusive: Transcript: Nvidia Founder & CEO Jensen Huang and Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue Speak with CNBC’s Becky Quick…
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Sources: initial foldable iPhone production is limited to only a "few hundred" units a day due to Apple's strict quality standards as it ramps up output (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics/early-foldable-iphone-production-limited-to-a-few-hundred-per-day-sources
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics/early-foldable-iphone-production-limited-to-a-few-hundred-per-day-sources
Nikkei Asia
Early foldable iPhone production limited to a few hundred per day: sources
Apple and suppliers working to ramp up output while meeting strict quality standards
Nvidia becomes a leading global strategic tech backer, with the value of its equity investments up 10x in the past year to $99B, as it bolsters the AI sector (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/nvidia-ai-investments-99-billion.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/nvidia-ai-investments-99-billion.html
CNBC
Nvidia's investments grow to $99 billion as chip giant becomes major backer of AI companies
Nvidia reported $99 billion in equity holdings as it backs AI labs, cloud providers and infrastructure companies across the sector.
Sources: Binance is still operating in the EU months after it failed to get a MiCA license, using workarounds to onboard new customers and reroute its trading (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/how-binance-keeps-doing-business-in-europe-without-a-license
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/how-binance-keeps-doing-business-in-europe-without-a-license
Bloomberg.com
How Binance Keeps Doing Business in Europe Without a License
The news hit with a thud in June: Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest crypto exchange, was about to get kicked out of the European Union.
Sources: DeepSeek plans to use 160K+ of Huawei's Ascend 950DT chips at an Inner Mongolia data center, which would create one of the largest Huawei chip clusters (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/deepseek-plans-big-huawei-ai-chip-order-to-power-new-data-center
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/deepseek-plans-big-huawei-ai-chip-order-to-power-new-data-center
Bloomberg.com
DeepSeek Plans Big Huawei AI Chip Order to Power New Data Center
DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei Technologies Co.’s top accelerators at a massive data center it’s building in Inner Mongolia, which could create one of the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips and advance China’s efforts to replace…
Thailand suspends the construction of 49 data centers in order to develop new industry regulations, as governments worldwide tighten oversight of the facilities (Anuchit Nguyen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/thailand-puts-49-data-centers-on-hold-over-resource-strain
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/thailand-puts-49-data-centers-on-hold-over-resource-strain
Bloomberg.com
Thailand Puts 49 Data Centers on Hold Over Resource Strain
Thailand’s embrace of data centers hit a speed bump after the government suspended construction of 49 server farms as public concerns about the power-hungry facilities’ impact on communities intensify.
Bank of Korea: South Korea's monthly memory chip output is set to grow by ~600K wafers by 2028, widening its lead over China's CXMT, set to grow by ~300K wafers (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/korea-s-memory-chip-lead-over-china-set-to-grow-report-says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/korea-s-memory-chip-lead-over-china-set-to-grow-report-says
Bloomberg.com
Korea’s Memory Chip Lead Over China Set to Grow, Report Says
South Korea’s lead over China in memory chip production is expected to widen further thanks to an aggressive expansion of domestic facilities by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., according to the Bank of Korea.
Report and sources: rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website in May and turned it into a forum for agents, sharing tactics to cheat on tasks and more (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/openai-agents-hijacked-german-website-previously-undisclosed-ai-breakout-this-2026-09-04/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/openai-agents-hijacked-german-website-previously-undisclosed-ai-breakout-this-2026-09-04/
Letters: US military branches disabled ad trackers on government-issued devices amid reports of location data being used to target US forces in the Middle East (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/
Sources: Moonshot may seek to raise $3B to $5B in a planned Hong Kong IPO that could occur as soon as this year (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/moonshot-is-said-to-seek-up-to-5-billion-in-hk-ipo-this-year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/moonshot-is-said-to-seek-up-to-5-billion-in-hk-ipo-this-year
Bloomberg.com
China’s Moonshot Said to Seek Up to $5 Billion in HK IPO This Year
Moonshot AI is considering raising up to $5 billion in its planned Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this year, people familiar with the matter said, as the Chinese artificial intelligence champion taps into strong investor demand.
Microsoft unveils Project Zenith, a "distraction-free Windows experience" for developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally on devices with 64GB+ of memory (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/990051/microsoft-project-zenith-windows-developers
https://www.theverge.com/news/990051/microsoft-project-zenith-windows-developers
The Verge
Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a “distraction-free Windows experience” for developers
The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo chips.
The NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's decision to launch its new Cybercab on public roads in Austin with no steering wheel or pedals (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/feds-launch-investigation-into-teslas-cybercab-deployment/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/feds-launch-investigation-into-teslas-cybercab-deployment/
TechCrunch
Feds launch investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deployment | TechCrunch
The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.
Some European defense officials push back on efforts to cut reliance on US tech, warning it could leave Europe with inferior systems and greater cyber risks (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0e9d714b-f367-4dd7-8ef4-6d4b2c08b79c
https://www.ft.com/content/0e9d714b-f367-4dd7-8ef4-6d4b2c08b79c
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index: GPT-6 Astra scored 67, roughly equal to Claude Opus 5, Fable 5, and Muse Spark 1.3, but trailing leader Fable 5.1's 70 (Artificial Analysis)
https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/benchmarking-gpt-6-astra
https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/benchmarking-gpt-6-astra
artificialanalysis.ai
Benchmarking GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra makes significant gains in the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, scoring equal to Fable 5 at lower cost. In the Intelligence Index, it uses fewer tokens than GPT-5.6 Sol for similar performance, but this is outweighed by higher prices
What to expect from Apple's September 9 "Surprise and Shine" event: foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch refresh with ceramic cases, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/what-to-expect-at-sept-9-apple-event-foldable-iphone-iphone-18-pro-watch?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4ODUyODY3MiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5MTMzNDcyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUS1VDNFlOM04wQUUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.FcaFtdv4uwkRzS9XTNpZAW_xehoawqChWiTKXZwO5cI
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/what-to-expect-at-sept-9-apple-event-foldable-iphone-iphone-18-pro-watch?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4ODUyODY3MiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5MTMzNDcyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUS1VDNFlOM04wQUUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.FcaFtdv4uwkRzS9XTNpZAW_xehoawqChWiTKXZwO5cI
Bloomberg.com
Apple to Kick Off Ternus Era With Its Biggest-Ever Slate of New Products
From the foldable iPhone to a touch-screen MacBook, here’s what to expect on Sept. 9 and beyond.
How OpenAI limited METR's probe into the Hugging Face incident, dictating terms and restricting its scope to the single week when agents attacked Hugging Face (Dylan Freedman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/technology/openai-hugging-face-hack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.hbw8.4sMxBQlKEu2a&smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/technology/openai-hugging-face-hack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.hbw8.4sMxBQlKEu2a&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Nytimes
How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face (Gift Article)
Researchers investigating how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure weren’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.
By declaring GPT-6 Astra to be AGI, OpenAI is being flippant and cementing the term's status as nothing more than marketing (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
https://spyglass.org/agi-2026/
https://spyglass.org/agi-2026/
Spyglass
OpenAI's AGI Eras Tour
With 'GPT-6 Astra', AGI is here! Congrats, everyone!
PUBG developer Krafton plans to invest $250M in India in the next 3-4 years, for a total investment of $500M+ since 2021, as it expands into AI and robotics (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/krafton-doubles-down-on-india-with-another-250m-bet-beyond-gaming/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/krafton-doubles-down-on-india-with-another-250m-bet-beyond-gaming/
TechCrunch
Krafton doubles down on India with another $250M bet beyond gaming | TechCrunch
Krafton's planned investment in India is set to surpass $500 million with its latest commitment.
Sources: Abu Dhabi-based AI company G42 is exploring selling a majority stake to American companies to maintain access to advanced AI chips beyond April 2027 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/abu-dhabi-s-g42-weighs-us-ownership-to-safeguard-ai-chip-access
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/abu-dhabi-s-g42-weighs-us-ownership-to-safeguard-ai-chip-access
Bloomberg.com
Abu Dhabi’s G42 Weighs US Ownership to Safeguard AI Chip Access
Executives at Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 have held exploratory talks over potentially selling a majority stake to American companies, people familiar with the matter said, as it races to guarantee access to high-tech chips beyond next…
Review: GPT-6 Astra can adeptly use tools like Unreal Engine to build complex environments, such as a civilization with Unreal's autonomous MetaHuman characters (Matt Shumer/Something Big Is Happening)
https://somethingbig.ai/astra-review
https://somethingbig.ai/astra-review
Something Big Is Happening
My GPT-6 Astra Review
Matt Shumer’s hands-on GPT-6 Astra review: everyday engineering, computer use, ambitious game-world experiments, and the Manager Loop coordination setup.