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Sources: a Commerce Department investigation into Megaspeed for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips to China was transferred to the DOJ after Nvidia intervened  —  An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia's board launches a probe into whether Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign spy plot, saying it has “no reason to believe” that secrets were compromised  —  Nvidia Corp.'s investigation into Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy raises …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Nvidia drops 5%+ after its board opens an investigation into Jensen Huang; the company originally dismissed the interactions as “nothing unusual or unexpected”  —  Board of chipmaker opens investigation after chief executive Jensen Huang admits to affair
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Sources: Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller as early as October 2025; an NYT report in October 2025 on his Megaspeed ties caused tensions  —  The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.
Financial Times:
Sources: Alice Huang and her partner pitched a Southeast Asia data center project to China-based investors in 2025, saying they had “no problem securing GPUs”  —  Alice Huang boasted of having access to Nvidia GPUs and her connection to Alibaba  —  The woman at the centre …
Bill Bishop / @niubi:
Jensen Huang's affair raises questions about Alice Huang's access to his devices and Trump conversations, and represents “another successful op” for China's MSS
Bloomberg:
Chinese media denies Beijing's link to Jensen Huang's affair, accuses the US media of a fabricated spy narrative, and warns the issue may hurt trade relations
Semafor:
Jensen Huang's affair shines a spotlight on Nvidia's weak board and opaque succession planning at what has become the world's most important company
New York Times:
Sources: Marco Rubio oversaw the drafting of a classified memo this spring warning US officials that Jensen Huang was in a close relationship with a Chinese spy
Mark Anderson / Bloomberg:
A profile of Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy who founded Megaspeed in 2023 and spent years in Jensen Huang's orbit; Megaspeed's Nvidia imports top $4.6B
New York Times:
Jensen Huang maintains deep control over Nvidia, managing 60+ direct reports and owning a 3.56% stake, presenting a challenge for Nvidia's 10-person board
Wall Street Journal:
Sources and filings: how Jensen Huang hired his children and other family members, making Nvidia a family business to a degree that is unique in Silicon Valley
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2, saying they are “best for the most ambitious, open-ended technical work”, with outputs up to 30% faster than 5.1  —  We've upgraded Claude Fable and Claude Mythos—models that are designed to tackle the most daunting technical challenges.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Anthropic says during prerelease testing Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2 formalized the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and solved two open black hole physics problems  —  Claude Fable 5.2 is designed to take on big technical challenges, and it's available today.
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Meta releases Muse Ember, its smallest and most cost-efficient AI model yet, saying it delivers more intelligence per dollar than Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna  —  Meta Superintelligence Lab released a new AI model on Monday called Muse Ember, the lab's lightest and most cost-efficient AI model yet.
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Google unveils two specialized TPUs launching in 2027: the 8tx, to be paired with an AMD CPU, and the 8i Max, a dual-chip package for long-context window tasks  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google is rolling out a broader array of artificial intelligence chips, aiming to capitalize on its rapid ascent …
Reuters:
French officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France in October  —  French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta expands its AI age estimation tech globally to apply Instagram's Teen Account protections for millions of users from 13 to 17 who misrepresented their age  —  Meta says it will expand Teen Account protections to millions more kids, even if they've misrepresented their age.
CBS News:
When talking about AI safety, President Trump says “I don't mind guardrails. But I don't wanna put us in a deep second position”, and “China has no guardrails”  —  This past Tuesday, President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered an extraordinary midterm repudiation …
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump says the DOJ threatened a top exec at “one of the big” AI companies over “bad” activities and this “person totally changed”

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Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
James Gunn and Peter Safran step down as co-heads of DC Studios; Skydance appoints ex-Marvel exec Jeremy Latcham as president and chief creative officer of DC

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Skydance reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $7B, net income of $73M, and adjusted EBITDA of $1B, excluding WBD, in its first earnings since closing the WBD deal

Wall Street Journal:
Skydance details plans to slash at least $6B in annual costs, including by eliminating layers of management, combining operations, and reducing tech expenses

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Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal:
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