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Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339

Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 33m
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  • Hugging Face's Microduck, a $399 open-source robot, sold 16,000 units from one tweet.
  • Thomas Wolf discusses Microduck's origin, Hugging Face's storage business, and OpenAI's 'hacking'.
  • Jason critiques Newsom's AI 'kill switch' order, questioning the danger if models are so powerful.

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