AI & Robotics News — Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Compute Bulletin

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Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face

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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful model yet and touts its ability to use your computer

SourcesFortuneWIREDThe VergeBusiness InsiderThe New StackLatent SpaceVentureBeat

03

Set up OpenAI ChatGPT Codex with LiteLLM on Amazon ECS and Amazon Bedrock

SourcesAWS Artificial IntelligenceBleepingComputer

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Flex to acquire EPC Power in $4.4 billion deal to expand data center power offerings

SourcesReuters Technologycitybiz

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Hugging Face approached Nvidia's Huang about an acquisition a few weeks ago, CEO tells CNBC

SourcesCNBC TechnologyAxios AI+The Register AI + MLAI Business

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Safety overview: GPT-6 Astra

SourcesOpenAI (Official)Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinemaThe DecoderThe New StackTech Xplore: Machine Learning & AIEngadgetLatent Space

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Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model

SourcesGoogle DeepMindRobotics.ee – In Robots We Trustblog.google

08

Figure and Nscale Sign Strategic Partnership For Up to 100,000 GPUs on the Nvidia Vera Rubin Platform

SourcesFigure (Official)

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OpenAI Launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model

SourcesTechCrunch

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GoPro to enter AI data center market via merger with optical photonics company

SourcesData Center Dynamics

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OpenAI Launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safety

SourcesReuters Technology

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Introducing context-aware vulnerability discovery and remediation with Cloudflare Managed Defense and OpenAI Daybreak models

SourcesCloudflare Blog

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Nvidia Launches free tool that links idle computers into a personal AI data center

SourcesThe Verge

14

Uber and AI-firm Wayve launch London's first robotaxis

SourcesReuters TechnologyCNETRuntimeWireNew York Times TechnologyAxios AI+The VergeEngadget

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Chinese supercomputer manufacturer reveals the 'world's first' 64-thread mobile workstation for AI — domestic CPU paired with mystery…

SourcesTom's Hardware

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OpenAI begins rolling out Astra model after warning of its advanced cyber capabilities

SourcesCNBC Technology

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How Equinix has found a niche in the multitrillion-dollar AI data center boom

SourcesCNBC Technology

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New 400MW AI data center planned for Algoma in Ontario, Canada

SourcesData Center Dynamics

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Bull selected to deliver AMD-powered Lumi-AI supercomputer

SourcesData Center Dynamics

20

Tesla Cybercabs Hit Austin Streets in Expansion of Robotaxi Service

SourcesWall Street Journal TechnologyBusiness Insider

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ByteDance to expand massive AI data centre cluster in Inner Mongolia, source says

SourcesSouth China Morning Post — Tech

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Broadcom forecasts quarterly sales below estimates amid rising custom AI chip competition

SourcesReuters Technology

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Medtronic Invests $700 Million in surgical partner Cornerstone Robotics

SourcesThe Robot Report

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Chinese military’s AI attack chain lags foreign models: researchers

SourcesSouth China Morning Post — Tech

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SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners'

SourcesEngadget