Curated AI news from the last 24 hours — models, agents, enterprise, and developer tools.
Nvidia has agreed to acquire open-source AI model hub Hugging Face for roughly $12.9 billion, according to reports, a sharp jump from Hugging Face's $4.5 billion valuation in 2023. The deal would be Nvidia's largest-ever acquisition and helps it expand beyond chips into cloud and developer tooling as it defends its AI infrastructure dominance.
techcrunch.com ↗Anthropic opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification that lets AI agents like Claude safely operate physical devices such as robots and lab equipment. The preview is initially available to scientific research labs and advanced manufacturers so they can test the integration and build in safeguards before wider release.
anthropic.com ↗Microsoft rolled out new Defender capabilities that assess posture risk for AI agents based on configuration, access, runtime activity, and endpoint context, helping security teams identify and prioritize risky agents. The update is part of a broader push to give organizations visibility into AI agent activity as agents get embedded into more business processes.
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