Nvidia in a nutshell: Why one company matters so much for AI

When a CEO’s private life turns into a national-security issue, you know his company matters. That’s where Nvidia is right now: Its founder and CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair with a woman who U.S. intelligence officials reportedly believe is a Chinese spy. Nvidia’s board has launched an independent investigation, and according to …

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Google introduces Gemini 4 Hydrogen for everyday AI tasks

Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, an AI model designed for everyday tasks, coding and work that requires several steps. It is coming to the Gemini app, Google Search and developer and business products worldwide. Google positions Hydrogen as a faster, more efficient option alongside its Carbon and Argon models, which it recommends for …

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Google launches Gemini Decisions API for fast AI choices

Google has introduced the Gemini Decisions API, a tool that lets applications choose between predefined options instead of generating a written response. Min Choi and Felix Yu announce the release on Google’s official blog. The API uses a new model called Gemini Decision 1. It can assess text, images, audio, video and PDFs, including combinations …

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Adobe expands AI agents across Firefly and Creative Cloud

Adobe is bringing AI agents deeper into its creative software, allowing users to delegate tasks across Firefly, Creative Cloud and its enterprise marketing platform GenStudio. The company announced the changes at its Adobe MAX conference in Miami Beach. The announcements span audiences from individual creators to marketing teams. Adobe is expanding Firefly into a workspace …

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Google Antigravity adds an interface for knowledge work

Google has introduced a new interface for Antigravity, its AI agent app, designed for tasks such as research, data analysis and creating documents. The Antigravity Team announces the change on the Google Antigravity Blog, while emphasizing that software development remains central to the product. Users can now choose between Knowledge Work and Software Engineering layouts. …

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Meta introduces Muse Ember for low-cost AI agent tasks

Meta has released Muse Ember, a lightweight multimodal AI model aimed at the repetitive work performed by AI agents, including tool calls, document extraction, routing, coding tasks, and long-file analysis. The company positions Ember as a lower-cost model for high-volume workflows rather than as a replacement for its most capable systems like Muse Wonder. Meta …

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Inkling 2 Small aims to challenge the open-model leaders

Thinking Machines has introduced Inkling 2 Small, a mixture-of-experts AI model with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active parameters per response. The company plans to release the model’s weights under an Apache 2.0 license next week, subject to external safety testing and red-teaming. The model is initially available through Thinking Machines’ Tinker platform …

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Tencent Hy4 takes aim at leading open-source AI models with visual AI and computer-use features

Tencent has introduced Hy4, a new large language model that adds visual understanding and computer-use capabilities to its AI portfolio. The official post explains that the company plans to publish the model’s weights and system cards in the coming days, alongside safety measures focused on cybersecurity and biological risks. Hy4 can interpret images, analyze complex …

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Meta’s Muse AI can now talk back with animated avatars

Meta has begun rolling out real-time voice conversations and expressive avatars for its Muse AI app in the United States. The update lets users speak with a Muse agent and receive spoken responses while an on-screen avatar moves in sync with the agent’s words. Jay Peters reports for The Verge that the feature is available …

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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, Colette Kress takes interim role

Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s president, chief executive and board member, effective immediately. Nvidia announces the leadership change in a statement in the NVIDIA Newsroom. The board has appointed Colette Kress, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, as interim CEO. She will retain her existing duties until a permanent successor is …

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