NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The main repository for open models passes under the control of the leading GPU supplier. Jensen Huang pledges to keep the platform open: neutrality will depend on what comes next. blogs.nvidia.com/blog/…

OpenAI commits one billion dollars to cyberdefence for critical services. The Daybreak programme opens subsidised access to its cyber models and products for operators of critical infrastructure, local government and open-source maintainers, with training and support, starting with the United States. openai.com/index/…

ChatGPT falls under the EU's heaviest regime. On 31 August the Commission designated it a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, alongside Reddit and Roblox. The threshold: 45 million monthly users in the Union. Four months, until the end of December, to assess and mitigate so-called systemic risks, protection of minors included, and to open its systems to external audit. Twenty-eight services are now designated.

What it changes for you this is the template for what will apply to other assistants as soon as they cross the threshold, and to whatever you build on top of them.

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