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Lightweight models take center stage, and the conditions for running agents are questioned | 6 AI news stories for November 13

Hello, this is Yui / Yuichi.Looking at today's news, the focus is less on the performance race of large models and more on how to choose light, fast models, and under what conditions to run AI agents.

Fallout from the Nvidia scandal may dampen the exuberance around the AI boom

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's stunning resignation has sent ripples throughout the global technology industry, with competitors itching to take advantage of the uncertainty surrounding the chip giant.

Malaysia probes Megaspeed subsidiary over possible AI chip diversion

Miti said it is working with the customs department to investigate whether imported chips were re-exported and if the shipments complied with the law.

Nvidia's $10 billion bet on Anthropic IPO, and the chip guarantees behind the AI industry's borrowing

Jensen Huang's exit as Nvidia's chief executive, a week before Anthropic is due to begin trading in what could be the biggest stock market listing on record, has put a spotlight on the chipmaker's $10 billion pledge to the artificial intelligence (AI ...

VAST Data named in inaugural AI 100 private ranking

Its inclusion underscores growing investor focus on the software layers needed to run AI workloads at scale, beyond chatbots and model makers.

The AI Agents Can’t Find Anyone to Help Yet

AI agents were supposedly going to be game-changers for both sides of consumer transactions—agents would handle tasks like bookings, support, and services 24/7, freeing humans for other work. Turns out businesses don't like dealing with AI agents, and consumers don't want them handling their business.

World's first compute-in-memory AI chip for headphones lands in Japan with Soundcore Space 2 Pro

Soundcore Space 2 Pro launches in Japan carrying the world's first Compute-in-Memory AI chip in a consumer wearable. Anker's Thus chip eliminates the Von Neumann energy bottleneck, enabling eight-microphone Adaptive ANC 3.

Adriana Vela Unveils Integrated AI Leadership Model in New Book

SemiAnalysis' Dylan Patel expects Nvidia's grip on AI chip supply chain to weaken

SemiAnalysis' Dylan Patel discusses potential successors to Jensen Huang, why Nvidia's China controversy could embolden US hawks to tighten chip restrictions, and how growing competition for AI chip capacity could challenge Nvidia's supply-chain dominance.

AI Agents Start Paying Invoices Inside Supplier Portals

Small businesses showed more interest in using artificial intelligence to keep track of their bills than in using it to pay them. In a PYMNTS Intelligence