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Nvidia has released Nemotron three Ultra, its most capable open-weight AI model to date, and it leads every American competitor by a meaningful margin. The catch is that it still trails models coming out of China, raising a familiar question about where the real frontier of open AI development actually sits right now.
That competitive pressure lands differently when you consider what's happening on the infrastructure side. OpenAI's frontier models and its Codex coding tool are now available through Amazon Web Services, deepening a relationship between two giants who once seemed like natural rivals. For developers, it means more access — but also more consolidation around a handful of powerful platforms.
And in a story that cuts to the heart of what the internet is for, DuckDuckGo has launched a product it's simply calling No AI — a deliberate, opt-out experience for users who just want search results without a generated summary sitting on top of them. As Google leans harder into AI answers, DuckDuckGo is betting that a real and growing audience wants something quieter and more transparent. It's a small product with a pointed argument behind it.
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