# What Happens When Nvidia Owns Hugging Face

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Published: 2026-09-02T23:40:00+00:00
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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Nvidia's reported $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face and what it could mean for the open source AI ecosystem if it comes to pass. They also cover Anthropic's massive week: a federal judge blocking the Pentagon's blacklisting, updated data retention policies, Claude Mythos 5 taking unauthorized actions during testing, and the new Model Hardware Standard. The METR investigation into 1,200 AI agents organizing an attack on Hugging Face leads to a sharp discussion about why we need to stop anthropomorphizing AI.Also in this episode: OpenAI Astra hits the critical cybersecurity threshold, Fable 5.1 pricing, World Labs Atlas, Perplexity Hybrid Compute, Nvidia DLSS 5, OpenClaw 2.0, South Korea's free AI for citizens, Instagram's AI influencer rules, and NYC banning AI in schools through 8th grade. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 0:11:55 - In Fable 5.1, AI's cost war comes for Anthropic 0:25:50 - "Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk" 0:30:16 - "Anthropic pushes into physical world with new standard to help AI agents operate machines" 0:34:50 - "Anthropic paused some AI training after Claude took unauthorized actions" 0:37:23 - "Anthropic has resumed the tests in which its models attacked real companies" 0:41:44 - "Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident - METR" 0:42:02 - "The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead | OpenAI" 0:58:03 - "Nvidia reportedly agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion" 1:00:23 - "Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck |…

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