AI Alerts — November 12, 2026 (Afternoon — Incremental)
- NYT reports a second Jensen Huang affair, this time with direct-report Nvidia Healthcare VP Kimberly Powell, surfacing governance questions at the world's most valuable chipmaker.
- Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2.5 (Gemini 4 Argon-based VLA) lifts task success 30-100% and hit 96% on Apptronik's Apollo 2 packing parts for Mercedes-Benz.
- Vision-language-action models keep closing the sim-to-real gap, with 200+ tested activities and a named auto OEM pilot moving VLAs from demo to factory floor.
- Nvidia's leadership scrutiny and DeepMind's robotics push headline the day: one a trust story for a hyperscaler supplier, the other a concrete step toward embodied AI deployment.
2 stories in this briefing:
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NYT: Jensen Huang Had a Second Affair, With Direct-Report Nvidia Healthcare VP Kimberly Powell
The New York Times reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, 48, Nvidia's VP of worldwide healthcare, who has led the healthcare group since 2017 and reports directly to …
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DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2.5 Hits 96% on Mercedes-Benz Line
DeepMind's new Gemini Robotics 2.5 model packed automotive parts at a 96% success rate in a real-world proof-of-concept at Mercedes-Benz, the company said on November 11 in an announcement reported by SiliconAngle t…
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