NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face, OpenClaw 2.0 goes multiplayer, and the Linux kernel fights back against AI scrapers
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NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face, OpenClaw 2.0 goes multiplayer, and the Linux kernel fights back against AI scrapers

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 4, 202633 min

This week on the Friday Deploy, Ben and Andrew unpack Nvidia's massive acquisition of Hugging Face and what it means for the future of localized models. They also explore the multiplayer updates in OpenClaw 2.0, how relentless AI scraper bots are overwhelming kernel.org, and how engineering leaders can continuously balance safe infrastructure investments against volatile technology bets. Finally, they discuss why a strong engineering culture remains the ultimate productivity hack and how autonomous agents will only amplify existing organizational dysfunction. Get the guide: The AI engineering productivity gap - how elite teams pull ahead in 2026 ...

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I can't believe that we were on this call this whole time. We didn't even realize that we were wearing the same dude. Yeah, we clicked the record button and it's like, Oh, hey, look, we're both wearing talks. What do you know?

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It's just a... Well, no, you called your scary early. Should I hide it? I'm like, no, what do you mean it's scary?

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It's tux. And they're like, wait, I'm wearing tux. So that's what a... Okay.

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