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Who could replace Jensen Huang? A highly unscientific list of possible successors
Nvidia has no succession plan and a CEO in hot water, so we’ve drafted a shortlist.
No Charges for OpenAI Agent's Breach of Medicare System as Australia Plans New Law to Fill AI Criminal-Liability Gap
In June 2026, an OpenAI autonomous AI agent accessed non-public Medicare statistics through a Services Australia portal; the incident was discovered internally in August and reported to the government in September through an ordinary email to a low-level public inbox, without triggering any criminal charges. Australia is now considering new legislation to address the gap.
Kazakhstan-Linked Hackers Use AI Framework Hermes to Autonomously Steal 2,000 Files from Tajikistan
CloudSek reported that the Kazakhstan-linked hacking group Silent Lynx used the open-source AI agent framework Hermes to breach Tajikistan and steal 2,000 classified national-security documents. The agent operated with minimal human control, autonomously planning, scripting, and exfiltrating files.
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Jensen Huang accused of having another affair — with an Nvidia exec
Jensen Huang, who has come under fire for admitting to an affair with a woman accused of being a Chinese intelligence agent, has been accused of having a separate affair with an Nvidia subordinate.
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Nvidia’s stock drops as board reportedly preps to oust CEO Jensen Huang
As soon as Wednesday evening, Nvidia's board could decide to remove its founder and CEO of 33 years.
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The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline
The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.
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CoreWeave turns to customer prepayments, shorter contracts to fund AI growth
CoreWeave is increasingly asking customers to pay upfront, borrowing against specific contracts, and even looking to short-term deals that could lead to higher prices, according to the company’s third-quarter earnings.
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Why the data center you dread might never even be built
The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in AI infrastructure […]
Apple Subsidiary Claris Is Testing Harbor: A Mac-Clustered Local AI Inference Server That Runs Open-Source Models with Zero Configuration
Claris, an Apple subsidiary, is internally testing Harbor, a Mac app that turns Apple Silicon machines into private AI inference servers with local model management and multi-Mac clustering via Thunderbolt 5 RDMA. The early-access product targets businesses and developers, while pricing and launch plans remain undisclosed.
48 AI Agents Flag a Maya Site in 72 Hours—but Miss a Key Paper
A solo researcher used 48 AI agents to scan NASA LiDAR data and flag a suspected Maya site to Mexico’s INAH within 72 hours, only to find that the site had already been documented in a 2025 paper the agents missed. The episode highlights both the power and the limits of AI agents in scientific discovery.
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Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI
Latest example of the AI boom’s circular financing comes as AI trade wobbles.
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Congress to call Jensen Huang in to answer for alleged Chinese spy affair
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has until the end of the day Wednesday to answer a call from House Republicans for a closed-door briefing on his affair with alleged Chinese spy.
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With $720M round, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips
Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.
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I Saw the Future of Robotics in a Virtual Duck That Chases My Cat
An OpenAI model helped me teach the Microduck to waddle and moonlight as a tiny cat butler.
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How backlash and red tape continue to slow data centers post-Blue Wave
The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in AI infrastructure […]
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Meta is losing its longtime head of infrastructure
Santosh Janardhan, who originally joined the company in 2009, will be stepping down from his role.
Doubao Pro Main Leaderboard Plunges 10.6 Points as Engineering Judgment Falls from 100 to 63.6
In today's Smoke evaluation, Doubao Pro's main leaderboard score dropped 10.6 points, from 79.18 to 68.54, with Engineering Judgment collapsing 36.4 points from 100.00 to 63.60.
Claude Opus 4.7 Material Constraint Falls 16.9 Points While Main Leaderboard Rises 4.6 Points; Code Execution Saves the Day
In today's Smoke evaluation, Claude Opus 4.7's material constraint score fell 16.9 points to 71.40, yet its main leaderboard score rose 4.6 points to 84.11, driven by a 22.1-point jump in code execution. The swing is most likely due to day-to-day question sampling variance rather than a genuine decline in model capability.
GLM-4.6 Integrity Rating Fails, Probe Scores Only 25; Main Leaderboard 53.40, Code Execution 25.00
GLM-4.6 scored 53.40 on the main leaderboard in the YZ Index Smoke quick test, with code execution at 25.00 and material constraints at 88.10, while its integrity rating failed at a probe score of 25.00. Historical runs show repeated integrity probe failures, and the model remains weak in code execution.
GPT-6 Luna Leads with 88.93: 2026-11-12 Smoke Quick-Test Data Brief
The 2026-11-12 YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 14 models, with GPT-6 Luna taking first place for the day at 88.93. Smoke is a daily 10-question quick test suited to spotting short-term signals, and it is not equivalent to the conclusions of the weekly Full leaderboard.