Nvidia's Six Billion Dollar Shopping Spree
Nvidia just dropped six billion dollars on a company most people have never heard of. Six billion, with a B, for an AI startup called Poolside and its hundred-person engineering team. If you're wondering whether the AI arms race has lost the plot, buckle up. We've also got smuggling rings, a copyright ruling that makes everyone unhappy, and the cheapest AI pricing war yet. Let's go. 1. Nvidia Buys Poolside for Six Billion Dollars (The Rundown AI) 2. Hugging Face Exploring Sale at Thirteen Billion (The Rundown AI) 3. Nvidia Manager Indicted in China Smuggling Scheme (Ars Technica AI) 4. Court…
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