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Jul 22 2026

Press coverage breaks on the Hugging Face incident

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Alibaba ships the Qwen3.8-Max weights by August 16th · 65%, resolves August 16th 2026
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's open weights by August 31st · 65%, resolves August 31st 2026
Hugging Face agrees to a sale within six months · 55%, resolves February 28th 2027
Nvidia and Hugging Face confirm the deal by September 30th · 80%, resolves September 30th 2026
Nvidia's Hugging Face deal draws formal antitrust review · 60%, resolves June 30th 2027

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