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Jensen Huang was a busted flush at Nvidia – he had to go | Nils Pratley

CEO was viewed as ‘irreplaceable’, but recklessness of affair with a woman regarded by US officials as a Chinese spy made him a political liability Half the tech world made up its mind before the facts could be assessed properly. Jensen Huang was “irreplaceable”, said the chorus…

Jensen Huang’s exit puts Nvidia’s support for open source in question

Jensen Huang’s resignation raises questions about Nvidia’s commitment to open source AI, including its Hugging Face acquisition, open-weight models, and advocacy against restrictions, as the company navigates a leadership transition.

Google DeepMind Staff Tap the UK Government to Escalate Their Unionization Fight

After initial talks stalled, workers at Google DeepMind are trying to bypass company management in their bid to unionize.

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Google Search gets a major upgrade with Gemini 4 Hydrogen

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Is AI Really Saving Hospitals Money? A New Study Raises Questions About the Cost of AI-Driven Care

Healthcare systems are investing in AI to streamline workflows and save money, but a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that AI-generated care plans might actually cost far more than those ordered by physicians..

Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. Now he’s gone, will Nvidia’s ramparts be breached?

CEO’s affair and resignation has brought company’s murky corporate contracts and supply chains into sharp focus Can the AI economy survive without its “central bank”? What does Jensen Huang’s fall mean for the world’s second-most valuable company, and what might a tremor in its…

Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit

Hugging Face's CEO pledged to keep fighting for open source AI after Huang's exit, raising questions about Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition.

M&A: Elligint Health Acquires Laguna Health to Embed Conversational AI Across 13 Million Managed Lives

What You Should Know Care management and utilization management technology provider Elligint Health announced that it has acquired conversational AI company Laguna Health. Laguna Health will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Elligint Health, retaining its brand, product…

From washing dishes at Denny’s to rockstar of AI: the rise and fall of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Technical expertise and an ability to engage gave the chipmaker’s co-founder, who has now resigned, the edge with customers and investors Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after alleged affairs Jensen Huang wasn’t always in his trademark leather jacket. When the…

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US public workers are fighting to protect their jobs from AI – and some are winning

As governments adopt AI, workers are gaining ground in how it’s used and securing safeguards against its harms In the shadow of Silicon Valley, workers for the city of Oakland, California, worry the region will deploy AI systems that could increase surveillance and inaccurately…

When the Enrollment Freeze Ends, Claim Review Takes Over — Small Providers Need Clear Rules

A large health system absorbs an appeal as routine. For a small agency with a few office staff, every hour chasing a physician signature or a face-to-face note is an hour not spent on patients.

Google pushes privacy angle as Gemini-powered smartglasses debut starting at $395

Smartglasses have always faced an uphill road to acceptance. Not only is propping a computer up on your nose an uncomfortable proposition, but the privacy aspect has been vexing people since the Google Glass days. Now, Google is ready to take another swing at " intelligent…

STAT+: New documents raise more questions about Medicare’s AI prior-authorization experiment

Y ou’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Good morning health tech readers! With HLTH around the corner, the news is…

Beyond Metrics: How to Repair Our Relationship With Wearables

Users are, rightfully, upset that the devices they bought are not delivering the results they were promised. But is that indignation pointed at the right flaw?

A New Dawn in the Cloud: ‘Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV’ Is Coming to GeForce NOW

Rally the ranks this GFN Thursday. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is coming to GeForce NOW, allowing players to experience the battle for Kronus through cloud gaming. There’s more on the horizon, with NVIDIA DLSS 5 technology coming to War Thunder and Where Winds Meet.…

ONC and CMS Launch 10-to-12-Week ePA Testing Sprints Ahead of 2027 FHIR Mandates

What You Should Know The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly announced a nationwide industry testing initiative to validate end-to-end electronic prior authorization (ePA) workflows in…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after reports of second affair deepened scandal

Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately

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Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza cleared of using AI to write prize-winning story

After a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’ The Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has been cleared of using AI to write a prize-winning short story, after the prestigious…

AI helped UK defy expectations – but will economy’s resilience fizzle out?

Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winter AI helps UK economy grow at fastest pace for more than two years The forecasters were clear when John Healey became chancellor in July: Britain’s resilience to the war in…

Gondola doubles revenue as its team builds more with Codex

Gondola helps creatives get credit and get hired, with Codex raising its lead engineer’s output by 50% and ChatGPT simplifying daily work.