Good morning. Here is what mattered in AI today. Nvidia’s board is reportedly preparing to remove chief executive Jensen Huang as a second allegation of misconduct surfaced, though the company has not announced any decision. Google launched a dedicated decision model that scores up to 1,000 questions in a single call, and TSMC’s board approved up to $1 billion in stakes in Anthropic and OpenAI. We also look at careers in AI evaluation and red-teaming, explain how vLLM splits multimodal serving across GPUs and profile the British inference-chip start-up Fractile after its latest funding round.
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Daily Digest: Nvidia's board weighs Huang, Gemini Decision 1, TSMC
The AI stories that mattered on November 12, 2026: Nvidia's board reportedly moves on Jensen Huang, Google's Gemini Decisions API and TSMC's AI lab stakes.
Today in 6 stories · November 12, 2026
- 01Big Tech
Nvidia board reportedly prepares to oust CEO Jensen Huang
The Wall Street Journal reports the board is preparing to remove Huang after a second alleged affair surfaced. Nvidia has announced no decision; shares fell after hours and House Republicans threatened a subpoena.
- 02Model Releases
Google Gemini Decisions API launches with Gemini Decision 1
A model that answers up to 1,000 yes/no, choice and score questions in one request for $0.10 per million input tokens, with no charge for output.
- 03Startups & Funding
TSMC board approves up to $1B for Anthropic and OpenAI stakes
Up to $500 million each for Anthropic shares at the IPO price and OpenAI preferred stock, approved alongside $40.9 billion in capital spending.
- 04Jobs & Careers
AI evaluation and red-teaming jobs: skills, employers and pay
What evaluation and red-teaming work involves, who hires for it and what posted salaries, contractor rates and BLS data say about pay.
- 05MLOps & Infrastructure
Encoder disaggregation in vLLM: how EPD splits multimodal serving
Why running a multimodal model's vision and audio encoder on separate GPUs can raise throughput, how to try it and when it is not worth it.
- 06Companies
Fractile profile: Britain's AI inference chip start-up explained
The London and Bristol chip start-up behind a Series C of more than £500 million: what it builds, who backs it and the risks ahead.
Sources
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- Statement From the Independent Members of the NVIDIA Board — nvidianews.nvidia.com
- Gemini Decisions API: Fast, calibrated multimodal decisions — blog.google
- TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions — pr.tsmc.com