Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for the Compute Path

HotTea: The AI Morning Briefing · Sep 4, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Nvidia agreed to pay $12.93 billion for Hugging Face, the main hub for open AI models. OpenAI shipped its first model at its critical cybersecurity level. Labor, defense, infrastructure and health also moved. 7 evidence-backed stories. AI-generated narration. Complete briefing and source links: https://hottea.ai/archive/2026-09-04?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=daily_briefing Sections 00:00 What we're covering today 00:19 1. Nvidia buys Hugging Face for the path from models to compute 01:56 2. OpenAI releases its first model at the critical cyber level 02:57 3. New York…