THIS WEEK IN AI: Nvidia Acquires HuggingFace, Leopold vs SEC, New Waymo Chip

We cover NVIDIA’s record earnings, strong GPU demand, and its position in the AI chip market, along with reported moves involving Hugging Face and open source AI. We also discuss Z.ai’s new model, Waymo’s autonomous vehicle hardware updates, SEC scrutiny of Leopold Aschenbrenner, and recent developments in robotics and Apple’s upcoming event.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 NVIDIA’s Record Quarter
5:05 Hugging Face Joins NVIDIA
9:26 Cloud Margins and the Chip Play
11:36 GLM 5.3 Flash Emerges
15:40 Waymo’s New Hardware Leap
19:48 Tesla’s CyberCab Challenge
23:24 Leopold Under SEC Scrutiny
25:44 Anthropic Usage Looks Flat
29:27 Agents Need Better Security
30:20 Robotics Learns From Video
34:07 Apple’s Big September Event
36:36 Sam Altman’s Rare Watches
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