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Nvidia CEO Says AGI Has Been Reached

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman in a podcast that he believes Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has already been achieved. The article places Huang’s statement in the context of ongoing debate about AGI’s definition and contested claims—citing a December 2024 claim by former OpenAI employee Vahid Kazemi that OpenAI models had reached AGI, which prompted contract renegotiations with Microsoft. According to reporting referenced here, Microsoft’s IP license was extended to 2032 and future AGI determinations must be confirmed by an independent expert panel. Huang praised the Openclaw open-source agent platform and speculated on personal AI agents for social uses, but later in the interview downplayed the likelihood that many autonomous agents would found and run companies like Nvidia.

Companies Start Tracking Employee AI Token Usage

Companies that have integrated generative AI into workflows are beginning to track employees' token consumption to control growing inference costs and detect waste. The article reports that Zapier implemented an internal dashboard monitoring token usage per employee, using token consumption as a key KPI; 750 words of generated text equals roughly 1,000 tokens. Startups like Vercel report agent-driven projects that delivered results quickly but incurred high token bills (one example cited ≈ $10,000). A Section survey shows a gap between leadership enthusiasm (75% positive) and many employees who see no measurable weekly time savings (40%). Researchers and executives warn token tracking may become standard as firms balance productivity gains, misuse risks, compensation practices (token budgets), and environmental and power-grid concerns tied to AI datacenter energy use.

Digg Restructures: Layoffs and App Shutdown Amid Bot Crisis

Digg announced it has laid off a sizable portion of its staff and removed its mobile app from the App Store as the company retools. Digg CEO Justin Mezzell said the startup is not closing; instead, co‑owner Kevin Rose will return to focus on Digg full‑time while remaining an advisor at True Ventures. The company cited an overwhelming problem with bots and sophisticated AI agents that undermined its vote‑based ranking system, saying it banned tens of thousands of accounts and deployed tooling and vendors but could not sufficiently control spam. A small team will continue to rebuild the product. Rose and Alexis Ohanian previously acquired the remnants of Digg in a leveraged buyout with investors including True Ventures, Seven Seven Six and S32; funding terms were not disclosed.