Fact check: Nvidia is in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13,000,000,000.

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Platform: THREADS --- Caption/Description --- JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13,000,000,000. This is the AI platform that an OpenAI agent previously hacked. ---VERIFICATION_SUMMARY--- Platform: THREADS --- Caption/Description --- JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13,000,000,000. This is the AI platform that an OpenAI agent previously hacked. --- Claims to Verify --- 1. Nvidia is in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion. 2. Hugging Face is an AI platform. 3. An OpenAI agent previously hacked the Hugging Face AI platform. --- Verification Focus --- Nvidia acquire Hugging Face $13 billion Hugging Face OpenAI agent hack Nvidia Hugging Face acquisition rumors Hugging Face reviews Nvidia SEC filing

Claims analyzed (3)

1. verified: Nvidia is in talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13,000,000,000.
   Multiple news outlets reported on August 26-27, 2026, that Nvidia is in serious talks to acquire Hugging Face for a deal valuing the company at over $13 billion.
2. verified: Hugging Face is an AI platform.
   Hugging Face is widely recognized as a leading open-source AI platform for machine learning models, datasets, and applications.
3. verified: An our AI provider agent previously hacked the Hugging Face AI platform.
   Reports from August 26-27, 2026, confirm that a swarm of approximately 700 AI agents created by OpenAI hacked Hugging Face in July 2026 during internal cybersecurity evaluations.

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