Google and Hugging Face recently announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing open AI and machine learning. This collaboration will integrate Hugging Face's platform with Google Cloud's infrastructure, including Vertex AI, to make generative AI more accessible for developers. The partnership supports developers in quickly and cost-effectively training, fine-tuning, and serving open models on Google Cloud, utilizing AI to optimize infrastructure such as TPUs and GPUs.

Vodafone and Microsoft have entered into a 10-year strategic partnership aimed at providing digital platforms for over 300 million enterprises, public sector organizations, and consumers. The collaboration focuses on generative artificial intelligence, IoT expansion, digital and financial services, and optimizing global data center cloud strategies. Vodafone will invest $1.5 billion to co-develop cloud and customer-centric AI services with Microsoft. The partnership also includes expanding M-Pesa to drive digital acceleration in Africa, improving the lives of 100 million consumers and 1 million small and medium-sized enterprises.

["Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, marking a significant breakthrough.", "Under the non-exclusive agreement, Mistral AI will utilize Google Cloud's AI-optimized infrastructure to distribute its open-source LLM.", "Following a funding round of $2 billion, Mistral AI quietly released its LLM, sharing it via Torrent links.", "Mistral AI's new hybrid expert model will be introduced in the future."]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will participate in the Hon Hai Technology Day event on October 18, appearing alongside Hon Hai Chairman Liu Yangwei. Hon Hai has obtained exclusive supply rights for Nvidia's AI chips GH200 and L40/L40S chip modules. With advantages in the entire industry chain from modules to entire data centers, Hon Hai is the only manufacturer of Nvidia's complete solutions. Hon Hai has also gained first-tier supplier qualifications for Nvidia's automotive products, entering the automotive electronics market. The Nvidia AI Summit has been canceled due to the unstable situation in Israel and will be held online, with details still to be determined.