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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Niloy Chakrabarti

Hugging Face Faced a 'Nudify' Deepfake Scandal and an OpenAI Hack: Why Does Nvidia Want It for $13B?

Jensen Huang's Nvidia seeks to control a critical AI distribution layer through the acquisition of Hugging Face. (Credit: YouTube/NVIDIA)

Nvidia is reportedly moving to acquire the AI model repository Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion. If the deal closes, it would rank among Nvidia's largest acquisitions and significantly expand its influence over the open-source AI ecosystem.

Hugging Face is often termed as the Github of machine learning, where developers share and test AI models and datasets.

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