NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Resigns and Anthropic Initiates IPO

NVIDIA executive changes and Anthropic's submission of an IPO registration statement take center stage, while Google releases the Gemini 4 Hydrogen model and advances smart glasses pre-orders.

The essentials

NVIDIA Announces Immediate Resignation of Jensen Huang

NVIDIA's board announced that Jensen Huang has immediately resigned as President, CEO, and director, appointing CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO and initiating a search for a successor. Prediction markets show active trading in related contracts, with various parties criticizing the board's decision.

Google DeepMind Releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen

Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, positioned for rapidly executing daily tasks, coding, and agent workflows. Benchmarks show its cost is about one-third of competitors, and it offers multiple thinking levels for users to choose from.

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Anthropic Submits Registration Statement to SEC to Initiate IPO

Anthropic officially announced the launch of its initial public offering, having submitted a registration statement including a prospectus to the SEC, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters. Roadshow materials indicate trading could begin as early as next Thursday, and the company has crossed its self-imposed safety line.

In brief

Anthropic Launches Claude Meetings

Launched in beta, allowing Claude to join video calls as a visible participant to assist in creating documents and whiteboards during the meeting.

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Google Smart Glasses Open for Pre-order

Launched glasses with built-in Gemini and opened pre-orders, with initial support for in-store try-ons and shipping planned for December.

Thinking Machines Open-Sources Model

Open-sourced the Inkling 2 Small weights on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license, supporting adjustable reasoning.

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US Department of Commerce Plans to Tighten Remote GPU Rentals

Reports state the US Department of Commerce is finalizing new rules to close loopholes regarding overseas data centers remotely renting NVIDIA chips.

OpenAI Discloses Cybersecurity Model Progress

Greg Brockman stated that the internal cybersecurity model has achieved step-level progress, scoring high on ExploitGym.