The $12.9 billion acquisition announced this week means companies will need to re-examine how they choose and deploy AI models.

Execs said that Nvidia will maintain platform openness, but CIOs still need to reevaluate its use; the absence of a single viable alternative for enterprises complicates the issue.

Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion, betting that support for open AI models will drive future demand even as its biggest customers…

Nvidia is expanding its AI spending and capabilities with the acquisition of AI and ML platform Hugging Face.