Nvidia will donate computing access worth $250 million over five years to UK researchers working on agentic AI safety and security. Most of the compute goes to the wider UK safety community, with named portions for Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London.
Microsoft on October 12 unveiled Azure Maia 300, its third-generation in-house AI accelerator. The inference-focused chip promises 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems, with production deployments starting in 2027.
Reuters reported on October 10, citing the Financial Times: Nvidia is in talks with open-source AI startup Reflection AI, with options including additional investment or an outright acquisition. The company was valued at $25 billion in April; talks are early and could still fall apart.
Axios reported exclusively on October 4 that the Nvidia-backed AI startup Reflection AI will release its first open-weight foundation model this month, targeting DeepSeek and Qwen. Founded by two former DeepMind researchers, the company raised $2 billion last year at an $8 billion valuation — but the model name, parameter count, license and benchmarks are still undisclosed.