Nvidia's $100 billion investment is meant to help OpenAI build data centers with a capacity of at least 10 gigawatts of power -- equipped with Nvidia's advanced chips to train and deploy AI models. Nvidia will invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, a blockbuster deal that underscores booming demand for AI tools like ChatGPT and the computing power needed to make them run. The companies announced the agreement Monday, saying they'd signed a letter of intent for a strategic deal. The investment is meant to help OpenAI build data centers with a capacity of at least 10 gigawatts of power -- equipped with Nvidia's advanced chips to train and deploy AI models. The money will be provided in stages, with the first $10 billion coming when the deal is signed, according to people familiar with the matter. Nvidia is making the investment in cash and will receive OpenAI equity as part of the deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks were private.

UK startup Wayve begins testing self-driving tech in Nissan cars on Tokyo's streets British startup Wayve has begun testing self-driving cars with Nissan in Japan ahead of a 2027 launch to consumers, as the company said it was in talks for a $500m investment from the chip-maker Nvidia . Wayve, based in London, said it had installed its self-driving technology on Nissan's electric Ariya vehicles and tested them on Tokyo's streets, after first agreeing a deal with the Japanese carmaker in April. The British company is racing against rivals - such as Tesla, Google's Waymo, and China's Baidu - to prove that its technology can work for carmakers, after rising rapidly to become one of the country's best-funded startups and a rare UK artificial intelligence pioneer. Nissan was the first carmaker to say publicly that it was using Wayve's technology, although the founder of Wayve, Alex Kendall, said the company was working with large manufacturers in Europe, North America and Japan. Wayve on Friday said Nvidia, the world's most valuable listed company, thanks to the AI boom, had signed a letter of intent for a possible $500m investment in Wayve's next funding round.

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, talks during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC on 18 March 2025 in San Jose, California. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, talks during the keynote address of Nvidia GTC on 18 March 2025 in San Jose, California. Nvidia to invest $5bn in Intel after Trump administration's 10% stake Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, has announced plans to invest $5bn in Intel and collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company on products. A month after the Trump administration confirmed it had taken a 10% stake in Intel - the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America - Nvidia said it would team up with the firm to work on custom datacenters that form the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as well as personal computer products. Intel shares jumped nearly 23% after markets closed, making it the largest one-day percentage gain for the company since 1987.

President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer signed what the latter referred to as a "groundbreaking" new U.K.-U.S. Tech Prosperity Deal on Thursday. Praising the commitment, Starmer said "the deals and investment being announced today break all records." "What a day, 250 billion pounds [340 billion dollars] flowing both ways across the Atlantic," Starmer said. "It is the biggest investment package of its kind in British history by a country mile." The deal focuses heavily on AI investment, with Starmer announcing significant investments from companies including Nvidia, Nscale, OpenAI, Google, and Salesforce that would create "cutting-edge British jobs for years to come."

OpenAI will restrict how ChatGPT responds to a user it suspects is under 18. OpenAI will restrict how ChatGPT responds to a user it suspects is under 18. Sam Altman said if there is doubt the system will default to the under-18 experience putting'safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens' OpenAI will restrict how ChatGPT responds to a user it suspects is under 18, unless that user passes the company's age estimation technology or provides ID, after legal action from the family of a 16-year-old who killed himself in April after months of conversations with the chatbot. OpenAI was prioritising "safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens", chief executive Sam Altman said in a blog post on Tuesday, stating "minors need significant protection". The company said that the way ChatGPT responds to a 15-year-old should look different to the way it responds to an adult.

NATO to beef up defense of Europe's eastern flank after Poland drone incursions NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich speaks during a news conference on the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday. BRUSSELS/WARSAW/UNITED NATIONS - NATO announced plans to beef up the defense of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine. At the United Nations, the United States called the airspace violations alarming and vowed to defend every inch of NATO territory, remarks that appeared aimed at assuaging Washington's NATO allies after President Donald Trump said Russia's drone incursion could have been a mistake. Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and NATO to respond. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

Google's AI Mode to offer Japanese language support Google has said that its AI Mode will soon be available in Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese globally. Google said Monday its AI-powered search engine AI Mode, which launched in May in only English, is set to be available in Japanese and four other languages as it looks to broaden its global reach. Aside from Japanese, the company said it is set to be available in Korean, Hindi, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese globally. At the time of writing, it was still unavailable in Japanese. "Building a truly global Search goes far beyond translation -- it requires a nuanced understanding of local information," Hema Budaraju, vice president of Google Search's product management, wrote in a blog post announcing the news. "With ... our custom version of Gemini 2.5 in Search, we've made huge strides in language understanding, so our most advanced AI search capabilities are locally relevant and useful in each new language we support."

OpenAI has announced plans to introduce parental controls for ChatGPT amid growing controversy over how artificial intelligence is affecting young people's mental health. In a blog post on Tuesday, the California-based AI company said it was rolling out the features in recognition of families needing support "in setting healthy guidelines that fit a teen's unique stage of development". Under the changes, parents will be able to link their ChatGPT accounts with those of their children, disable certain features, including memory and chat history, and control how the chatbot responds to queries via "age-appropriate model behavior rules." Parents will also be able to receive notifications when their teen shows signs of distress, OpenAI said, adding that it would seek expert input in implementing the feature to "support trust between parents and teens". OpenAI, which last week announced a series of measures aimed at enhancing safety for vulnerable users, said the changes would come into effect within the next month.

I was struck by her pessimism, which she told me was shared by friends from California to Georgia to New Hampshire. In an already fragile world, one increasingly beset by climate change and the breakdown of the international order, AI looms in the background, threatening young people's ability to secure a prosperous future. Just a few days before our drive, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was telling the US Federal Reserve's board of governors that AI agents will leave entire job categories "just like totally, totally gone." Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told Axios he believes AI will wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next five years. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company will eliminate jobs in favor of AI agents in the coming years. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke told staff they had to prove that new roles couldn't be done by AI before making a hire.

The Sun's most complex mysteries could soon be solved thanks to artificial intelligence. On August 20, IBM and NASA announced the launch of Surya, a foundation model for the sun. Having been trained on large datasets of solar activity, this AI tool aims to deepen humanity's understanding of solar weather and accurately predict solar flares--bursts of electromagnetic radiation emitted by our star that threaten both astronauts in orbit and communications infrastructure on Earth. Surya was trained with nine years of data collected by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), an instrument that has orbited the sun since 2010, taking high-resolution images every 12 seconds. The SDO captures observations of the sun at various different electromagnetic wavelengths to estimate the temperature of the star's layers.