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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Sources verified at 6:49 PM ET · complete

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Business & Policy

Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

The chipmaker says the model hub will stay open to every framework, cloud and compute platform, with closing expected in the first half of 2027.

Verified · 3 sources Compiled from 3 verified sources · verified 6:49 PM ET

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Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

  1. TechCrunchNvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. theregisterNvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B, promises not to squeeze too hardPublished · fetched
  3. sec.govnvda-20260902Published · fetched

OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, its first model at Critical cyber capability, alongside $1 billion defender program

  1. NBC NewsOpenAI releases new model that it says triggered internal security measuresPublished · fetched
  2. The VergeOpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’Published · fetched
  3. Yahoo! Finance CanadaOpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid AI safety scrutinyPublished · fetched
  4. OpenAISafety overview: GPT-6 AstraPublished · fetched

Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and a gated Flash Cyber variant for vetted security teams

  1. Help Net SecurityGoogle’s Gemini 3.8 Flash takes on bigger AI models at a lower cost - Help Net SecurityPublished · fetched

Attackers hijacked Coder's registry through its Cloudflare infrastructure to serve credential-stealing modules

  1. BleepingComputerCoder's registry infrastructure compromised to push malicious modulesPublished · fetched

Critical Elementor Pro upload flaw under active exploitation on WordPress sites

  1. BleepingComputerCritical Elementor Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sitesPublished · fetched

Google DeepMind's WeatherNext 3 adds real-time satellite data and hourly forecasts across Google products

  1. GoogleIntroducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI modelPublished · fetched
  2. TechCrunchGoogle's latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok suffered overlapping outages on Thursday morning

  1. BleepingComputerOpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down ahead of 'Astra' model launchPublished · fetched
  2. BleepingComputerAnthropic confirms Claude is down, multiple models affectedPublished · fetched
  3. The VergeChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same timePublished · fetched

Crusoe signs reported $13 billion AI cloud contract with Jane Street

  1. Yahoo! Finance CanadaCrusoe signs $13 billion AI cloud deal with Jane Street, Bloomberg News reportsPublished · fetched

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