Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia presents Groq 3 LPX architecture and unveils its first third-party inference benchmark — LP30-based rack already in production, company says
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia presents Groq 3 LPX architecture and unveils its first third-party inference benchmark — LP30-based rack already in production, company says

Igor Arsovski, now Nvidia’s VP of hardware, presented the Groq 3 LPX rack’s architecture and published the first third-party benchmark of the hardware.

US Justice Department seizes domains it says Chinese state-sponsored hackers used to infiltrate systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures
US Justice Department seizes domains it says Chinese state-sponsored hackers used to infiltrate systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more — FBI moves forward with domain seizures

The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.

Kansas town drops charges against teacher arrested for clapping during public hearings on data centers — says that ‘case has been dismissed without prejudice’
Kansas town drops charges against teacher arrested for clapping during public hearings on data centers — says that ‘case has been dismissed without prejudice’

The disorderly conduct case against Lux Claridge has been dropped by the city in municipal court, making the teacher breathe a little bit easier. However, it was done “without prejudice,” and the city’s attorneys have passed the case on to the county for review.

Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia touts benefits of its DSX MaxLPS site power management approach — tech allows for more compute from fixed data center power budgets
Hot Chips 2026: Nvidia touts benefits of its DSX MaxLPS site power management approach — tech allows for more compute from fixed data center power budgets

During Nvidia’s Hot Chips presentation on the Rubin GPU, the company emphasized power as a hard limit on data center capacity and touted the amount of compute that Vera Rubin NVL72 systems can deliver within an example fixed facility power budget of 100MW.

Crypto bro faces 280 years in prison for defrauding investors with promises of an ‘AI supercomputer’ for mining — jury convicts businessman of running $24-million Ponzi scheme, claimed up to 30% APR and a 100% money-back guarantee

A man claiming to give massive returns to investors has been found guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering by a Nevada court. Brent Kovar now faces up to 280 years behind bars for his crimes, although sentencing will still be held on November 30.

Hot Chips 2026: d-Matrix stacks AI accelerator directly on custom DRAM for 100 TB/s per card — TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed die
Hot Chips 2026: d-Matrix stacks AI accelerator directly on custom DRAM for 100 TB/s per card — TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed die

d-Matrix presented Raptor, which it calls the first 3D DRAM accelerator for generative inference, showing a TSMC 4nm compute die bonded face-to-face at a 36-micron pitch on top of a custom-designed DRAM die.

Bill Gates calls for some jobs to be ‘Human Reserved,’ suggests taxing AI tokens and robots — billionaire says that ‘AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history’
Bill Gates calls for some jobs to be ‘Human Reserved,’ suggests taxing AI tokens and robots — billionaire says that ‘AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history’

The billionaire philanthropist penned a 6,000-word essay raising the societal risks that AI bring and his proposed solutions to protect the average person.

Microsoft Paint and Photos apps add invisible watermark to AI-generated content — developer reverse engineers GUID embedding

A developer has uncovered some previously unknown GUID watermarking functionality deep within Microsoft’s Paint and Photos apps.

US gov’t moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them
US gov’t moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them

A proposed change to the EPA’s regulations would remove the requirement for states to seek public input on air pollution permits, particularly around AI data centers.

OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts posing as a fake Israeli think tank — used VPNs to push pro-Kremlin narratives and steal academic papers for its website
OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts posing as a fake Israeli think tank — used VPNs to push pro-Kremlin narratives and steal academic papers for its website

Instead of using ChatGPT to write the articles, the operators used the chatbot to strip any wording that might mark them as Russian speakers.