Nvidia’s $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face draws attention from the Department of Justice: Is Nvidia (NVDA.US) aiming to control the distribution “throat” of AI?

Zhihu Finance APP has learned from two informed sources that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an inquiry into NVIDIA (NVDA.US)'s $12.93 billion acquisition of open-source platform Hugging Face, aiming to understand how the deal will impact competition in the artificial intelligence sector. Meanwhile, antitrust enforcers are still progressing with a years-long investigation into the chip design company's conduct.