Nvidia CEO steps down

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THE BIG STORY

What’s cookin’? Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s CEO, and finance chief Colette Kress is taking over on an interim basis while the company searches for a permanent replacement. His departure follows reports of alleged affairs, including one involving a woman suspected of spying for China. Nvidia has said it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised, and its board has commissioned an independent investigation.

🤔 Hunter’s take: Nvidia’s engineers and chips don’t disappear because its CEO leaves. But Huang has been the person selling the industry on what comes next, and getting customers to commit huge sums to that vision. I’ll be watching whether those customers keep their plans intact under new leadership. That will tell us much more about the fallout than the first wave of shocked headlines.

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What’s cookin’? Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2.5, an AI model that uses camera input and instructions to control how a robot moves. DeepMind tested it with Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz, where the Apollo 2 robot picked metal brackets from supply bins and put them into trays in the order the assembly line needed them. A separate Gemini Robotics ER model kept track of the steps while 2.5 controlled the robot’s arms and hands. DeepMind reported a 96% success rate in that trial. This will roll out first in factory settings.

🤔 Hunter’s take: Sorting brackets sounds boring, which is exactly why I like this test. A factory can judge the robot on whether the right part shows up in the right tray, shift after shift. I’d be curious to see what happens when a part is missing and the line is still moving—I want to see how it adapts to unexpected situations, because that’s how the real world works.

Up 0.5 points to 77%. Improvements in robotics are bringing AI into the physical world. Seeing robots put those capabilities to work on a real factory floor is enough to nudge the meter up today.

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Hi — I’m Hunter, a PhD candidate whose work has appeared in major academic journals and popular tech outlets. I founded FryAI to make staying ahead of AI clear, accessible, and fun.