NVIDIA Board probes CEO's link to suspected spy

NVIDIA Board probes ceo's link to suspected spy

Nvidia's board announced on Sunday an independent investigation following reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy operation. The announcement came after a memo from Huang circulated among employees. He admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed. The board said Huang fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it¹.

A memo circulating among U.S. policymakers earlier this year claimed Alice Huang was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security. The goal was to spy on Nvidia’s CEO. In his memo, Huang apologized to his family and colleagues for his actions. The board emphasized that it prioritizes U.S. national and economic security above all else¹.

Chips, especially Nvidia’s, have been a major focus as the AI race between the United States and China heats up. This context highlights the strategic importance of Nvidia in the current geopolitical landscape¹.

“I owe my family and all of you an apology”

Apple plans to make Siri more agentic

Apple is working to make Siri more agentic, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI leader Craig Federighi to speed up the roadmap. The goal is to deliver a powerful AI agent that can compete with OpenAI’s Dots or Meta’s Muse³.

First, Siri will gain fine-grained control over Apple’s first-party apps. This allows actions like rotating images in Photos or organizing Safari tabs. These features are expected in iOS 27.3. Second, Siri will integrate with third-party apps. This could let users place orders via Grubhub or book tables on OpenTable. Gurman says this larger change is likely to land in the Spring³.

Apple wants Siri to pursue objectives independently³.

Google Health lets users hide its AI Coach

Google Health Premium subscribers can now switch off the Gemini-powered AI Coach without cancelling their subscription, Engadget reports. The option arrived in an update released in August 2026. The AI Coach does not come with the free Google Health tier, so cancelling Premium removes it too⁴.

To turn it off, users tap their profile photo, select Your data in Google Health, scroll to Feature privacy controls and select Manage feature privacy controls, then choose Google Health Coach and Turn off. Another route is Google Health settings, then Coaching. Users who only want fewer messages can change Coach messages on Today from Standard to No Coach insights⁴.

Without the Coach, users lose personalized guidance, recommendations and summaries, and the Ask Coach button for questions. None of their previous data is deleted. To turn the Coach back on, users tap the still visible Ask Coach button and select Unlock Coach. Premium's other features, such as advanced sleep tracking and Health Guardian, stay available⁴.

Nous research fine-tunes qwen model to shift values

Nous Research aimed to reduce CCP-framed answers on sensitive topics. The model remains a 27B parameter system. It uses a 64k context window. The teacher model was Inkling. They thank Alibaba for providing the raw materials⁵.

The fact score rose from 2.32 to 2.98 out of 5. Answers containing propaganda dropped from 22% to 0.9%. The evaluated checkpoint was step 1,202. It is new on Hugging Face⁵, with a release date of 06 November 2026⁵.