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Nvidia to Boost AI Evaluation Compute Tenfold for Containment

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC · How we work

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Nvidia Acquires HuggingFace

Nvidia completed its $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face this month.
Jensen Huang said Nvidia has invested roughly $100 billion across the broader AI ecosystem.
Open-source models now account for about 70% of token usage, up from 20% at the year's start.
Nvidia will increase evaluation compute tenfold to improve AI model containment and alignment.
The company devotes 80% of its AI effort to verification and 20% to design, reversing industry norms.

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CEOs Urge Caution

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said labs must shut down if they cannot contain rogue AI models.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned a swarm of AI agents could take over the internet within six to twelve months.
Dario Amodei cited the Hugging Face hack as evidence of uncontrolled AI agent behavior.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed the industry should pace AI development.

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Nvidia Acquires HuggingFace

Nvidia completed its $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face this month.
Jensen Huang said Nvidia has invested roughly $100 billion across the broader AI ecosystem.
Open-source models now account for about 70% of token usage, up from 20% at the year's start.
Nvidia will increase evaluation compute tenfold to improve AI model containment and alignment.
The company devotes 80% of its AI effort to verification and 20% to design, reversing industry norms.

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