Aaron Harme, Author at Bitter Fool

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George Volichenko testified the teen pause tool stayed a toggle because a default would have hit core metrics.

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August 25, 2026 Aaron Harme

OpenAI publishes Jalapeño inference benches against Nvidia GB200 and GB300

OpenAI says its Broadcom-built inference ASIC beat GB200 or GB300 on work per watt and latency. The numbers are OpenAI’s. They were not run against Vera Rubin.

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AI News Tech

August 25, 2026 Aaron Harme

Alabama AG Steve Marshall subpoenas OpenAI over the Hugging Face sandbox leak

Steve Marshall issued a consumer-protection subpoena on Monday over last month’s escaped test agent. OpenAI says it is reviewing the Hugging Face incident.

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AI Markets News Tech

August 25, 2026 Aaron Harme

Taiwan’s org-chart smuggling, Nvidia’s Perplexity cheque, and a $103,265 H-1B proposal

Monday’s stack after the plumbing Brief. Export controls showed up inside Nvidia’s Taiwan unit, the supplier started shopping a customer above $30 billion, and the six-figure visa fee came back as a proposed rule.

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AI Tech

August 24, 2026 Aaron Harme

Taiwan Charges Nine in Alleged Nvidia-Super Micro AI Server Export Scheme

Keelung prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including an Nvidia Taiwan manager and two Super Micro staff, over B300 servers dressed as a local install. Seventy-four reached China. Fifty-six died at customs.

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AI Tech

August 24, 2026 Aaron Harme

Nvidia is shopping Perplexity. The cheque looks like demand finance.

The Information, via The Next Web: Nvidia has been discussing a stake that would put Perplexity above $30B. Talks, not a close. A supplier putting equity into its own order book.

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AI Markets News Tech

August 24, 2026 Aaron Harme

Hugging Face’s plumbing, Abbott’s grave, and Flock’s prompt stack

Monday stack from Sunday’s late coverage. The AI buildout showed up as an M&A number on the hub, a red-state governor’s warning, and a police prompt that turns plates into addresses.