Nvidia Bets Big on Hugging Face + Sebastian Sashimi + AI-Powered Toothbrushes
This week, hosts Sebastian Mallaby and Rebecca Patterson unpack Nvidia’s deal to purchase Hugging Face, the leading platform for open-weight AI models. The acquisition, they argue, highlights a battle between two visions of how the AI industry will develop, as well as concerns about safety and oligopoly.
Hosts:
Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Rebecca Patterson, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Mentioned on the Episode:
Aditya Soni, Anhata Rooprai, and Harshita Mary Varghese, “Nvidia Bets $13…
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