Jensen Huang quits Nvidia, Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Jensen Huang leaving Nvidia, Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Gemini glasses, United Airlines blocking AI agents, and Meta's Muse making phone calls.
Jensen Huang has quit as Nvidia’s chief executive He’s off the board too, effective immediately, and chief financial officer Colette Kress is interim chief executive while Nvidia looks for a permanent one. It announced the change on Thursday without giving a reason, days after he admitted an affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. The shares closed down about 4 per cent, after falling as much as 14 per cent during the day. Source
Google’s Gemini 4 Hydrogen costs $1.50 per million tokens in It’s Google’s new fast model for agents and everyday work, at $7.50 per million out, and it went live on Thursday in the Gemini app, Search and the API. Google says it edges out Gemini 4 Argon on Artificial Analysis’s Intelligence Index and finishes tasks 2.5 times faster than Gemini 3.8 Flash. Source
Google’s Gemini glasses go on preorder from $395 They’re made with Samsung and sold through Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, with Gemini you talk to hands-free, a camera, directions in your ear and live translation in more than 70 languages. Preorders opened on Thursday in the US and South Korea, and they go on sale on 10 December. They work with the iPhone 13 Pro and later as well as Android phones. Source
United Airlines is blocking AI agents from booking its flights It’s stopping third-party AI assistants from booking and managing trips, both on its own site and app and through travel agencies and aggregators. United says handing your account login to an AI assistant can expose sensitive information, and some federal rules, like bag acknowledgements at check-in, need a human. It made the change public on Thursday. Source
Meta’s Muse can now phone US businesses for you The feature went live on Thursday for paying US subscribers, after a test that started in September. Plans start at $20 a month, and Meta says Muse has more than 10 million users. Source
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