Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the company with data center chips. This partnership links two major players in the artificial intelligence industry. The deal involves non-voting shares for Nvidia and chip purchases for OpenAI, potentially raising antitrust concerns. The agreement aims to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for OpenAI, with the first gigawatt expected in late 2026. This collaboration highlights the increasing overlap of interests among tech giants developing advanced AI systems.

AI-driven R&B act Xania Monet — the creation of poet and designer Telisha “Nikki” Jones of Olive Branch, Miss. — has sparked a bidding war and signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Hallwood Media, led by former Interscope executive Neil Jacobson. Labels linked to the majors hesitated because Monet’s music uses Suno, which faces a copyright suit from major record companies, yet one major still bid as offers climbed to $3 million. Monet debuted at No. 25 on Emerging Artists and No. 21 on Hot Gospel Songs with Let Go, Let God. How Was I Supposed to Know hit No. 1 on R&B Digital Song Sales. Her catalog totals 9.8 million U.S. streams, 5.4 million last week, per Luminate.

Google announced new generative AI features built into Chrome for desktop. Tab Organizer suggests smart groups and names to tame overflowing tabs. Create with AI lets users generate custom browser themes from plain-language prompts about subject, mood, and style. Help me write brings AI drafting and rewriting to any text box on the web, using page context to keep suggestions relevant. The rollout starts for signed‑in users in the U.S., in English, on Chrome for Mac and Windows. Users can go to Settings and switch on the Experimental AI section to try these tools. Google frames this as part of an ongoing series of AI upgrades to everyday browsing.

Figure, a California-based robotics company, has partnered with Brookfield Asset Management to advance humanoid AI. The collaboration aims to build the world’s largest humanoid pretraining dataset using Brookfield’s massive real estate portfolio, including 100,000 homes, 500 million square feet of office space, and 160 million square feet of logistics facilities. This data will train Helix, Figure’s proprietary vision-language-action model, enabling humanoid robots to navigate and operate in diverse environments. Brookfield, a global leader in alternative assets, also invested in Figure’s Series C funding. CEO Brett Adcock emphasized the importance of real-world data, while Brookfield executives highlighted the partnership’s potential to enhance AI-driven productivity across their operations. Data collection efforts have already begun.

China’s internet regulator has ordered major tech companies to stop buying Nvidia’s AI chips and cancel existing orders, the Financial Times reported, citing three people familiar with the directive. The Cyberspace Administration of China told firms including ByteDance and Alibaba to terminate testing and orders of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaking in London, said the United States and China “have larger agendas to work out,” adding he was disappointed but patient. The move follows Beijing’s accusation that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law and comes as U.S. officials raise national security concerns at talks in Madrid. The reported ban goes beyond earlier guidance focused on Nvidia’s H20 chip.