Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 3 September 2026
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, built for computer use, coding and security work
A new generation, in OpenAI's words, aimed at agents that operate computers.
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $13 billion and says it will stay open
Ars Technica· 3 SepNvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face, home to millions of open models and datasets, for $13 billion, a year after Hugging Face turned down Nvidia investment to stay independent.
Our read: If you run any open-weight model, its shop window changed owners. Nothing breaks today; the question is what open means in two years.
- If you run an open model, download and keep the exact weights you use.
- Note the licence of each model you rely on. Licences outlive owners.
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