AI — November 2026

Six Chinese AI models show banned Nvidia chip fingerprints

A former OpenAI researcher found hardware traces of Nvidia's export-banned Blackwell chips hidden in DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax, and Ant Group's AI models.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy affair claims

Huang stepped down after reports of two affairs, including one with a woman U.S. officials suspect was tied to Chinese intelligence.

Nvidia's board moves to oust CEO Jensen Huang

The Wall Street Journal says Nvidia's board is preparing to remove Jensen Huang over a second alleged affair, this time with an executive who reported to him.

Jensen Huang's accused-spy partner moved $7.5B in chips

Jensen Huang's years-long partner, flagged by U.S. intelligence as a Chinese spy, helped route $7.5 billion in banned Nvidia chips to China.

Nvidia opens probe as Huang admits affair with alleged spy

Huang admitted an affair with a woman US intelligence calls a Chinese spy, and Nvidia's board has opened a probe into it.

Nvidia board investigates Huang over affair, spy claim

The chipmaker opened an independent probe after CEO Jensen Huang admitted an affair with a woman U.S. officials suspect is a Chinese spy.

US memo: Nvidia's Huang had romance with alleged spy

A US intelligence memo says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was romantically involved with a woman China's spy agency allegedly recruited to target him.

OpenAI presses on with data centers after voters said no

OpenAI's CFO says the company will keep building data centers, days after voters rejected data center measures nationwide.

Anthropic's IPO wobbles as tech stocks crash

Investors are cutting Anthropic's expected valuation by roughly $500 billion and doubting the AI startup can stick to its November listing date.

Voters rejected AI data centers in nearly every 2026 vote

Almost every 2026 ballot measure on AI data centers failed Tuesday, as voters from Texas to Illinois pushed back.

ChatGPT hits 20% of Google's search volume, OpenAI says

OpenAI says ChatGPT's search-like queries now equal a fifth of Google's, a number the company reported itself.

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for security

The AI company has hired former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to lead a new national security and defense modernization role.

Sam Altman made a secret trip to Samsung for chips

OpenAI's CEO flew to Korea unannounced to ask Samsung and SK for scarce AI memory chips.

Report: China spy plot targeted Nvidia's Jensen Huang

The NYT says a businesswoman close to Huang was passing information to Beijing. China calls it groundless, and Trump says the US is looking 'closely.'