Nvidia is buying AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI models for nearly $13 billion

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Original Load Date Sept. 3, 2026, 11 a.m.
Last Updated Sept. 3, 2026, 11 a.m.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a massive bet by the chipmaker to expand the reach of open-source AI technology. Hugging Face, a service for hosting and accessing open-source AI models and data se...