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  "title": "NVIDIA to Reportedly Acquire Open-Source AI Platform Hugging Face for $12.9bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nvidia-to-reportedly-acquire-open-source-ai-platform-hugging-face-for",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T07:48:48.000Z",
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        "title": "Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, reports",
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        "title": "Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck",
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        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Hugging Face offers $399 robot duck to help you quack the AI code",
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        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Hugging Face launches Microduck, a $399 open-source robot duck",
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        "published": "2026-08-27T17:11:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Nvidia reportedly acquires AI project hosting platform Hugging Face for $12.9B",
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        "published": "2026-08-27T20:14:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Meet Microduck, Hugging Face’s new open-source AI robot that can learn new tricks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/meet-microduck-hugging-faces-new-open-source-ai-robot-that-can-learn",
        "published": "2026-08-28T07:12:05.000Z"
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