Nvidia's Jensen Huang rejects a total China chip ban
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has publicly split with Anthropic's Dario Amodei over how far Washington should go in cutting China off from American AI hardware. In a CBS interview reported on 8 November, Huang said he "completely disagree[s]" with a total ban on American products, including advanced processors and chipmaking equipment. He backs giving US labs first access — and said Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin systems are already shipping in volume to American researchers, including both Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman, leaving the US "several years ahead" of China — but argues the rest of the stack should then compete worldwide. Ceding entire markets, he said, would weaken the industrial base that frontier models sit on.
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Shield agrees to buy Echodyne for $5.3 billion
Shield said on 5 November it will acquire radar-maker Echodyne in a $5.3 billion deal ($4.8 billion at closing, plus up to $500 million in earnout). Shield is raising $2.5 billion to fund it, including a $1 billion Series H at a $28.8 billion valuation and $1 billion from Blackstone funds. Echodyne's compact radars are used in counter-drone systems in more than 40 countries.
Meta rolls out Muse Voice and realtime avatars in the US
Meta is rolling out live voice chat and expressive avatars for Muse, its personal AI agent, in the US on mobile, web and Mac. Users can interrupt mid-sentence, keep Muse working in the background, and choose voice-only or a full-screen avatar that gestures as it talks. Voice is slated to reach Meta's AI Glasses and the upcoming Muse Charm next.
