A November 13 briefing from Sspai reports a leadership change at Nvidia alongside updates to AI models, developer tools, search and gaming.
Nvidia names an interim CEO
Sspai reports that Nvidia’s board accepted co-founder Jensen Huang’s resignation on November 11 and announced on November 12 that he had stepped down as president, CEO and a board member, effective immediately. The report cites an Nvidia Form 8-K filing. Chief financial officer Colette Kress will also serve as interim CEO while the board considers internal and external candidates. Longtime director Harvey C. Jones has been named chair. Nvidia did not disclose a reason for Huang’s departure, according to the briefing.
Sspai says Nvidia still plans to release its fiscal 2027 third-quarter results on November 17, followed by an earnings call.
AI models and developer tools
- Google Gemini 4 Hydrogen: Google introduced the model on November 12 for coding and agent workflows, with a context window of up to 1 million tokens. Sspai reports that it is rolling out through Google’s developer and consumer products, including access for free Gemini users through automatic model selection. Google’s claims about speed and safety improvements have not yet been independently established in the briefing.
- Google Gemini Decisions API: Powered by Gemini Decision 1, the API is designed for tasks such as tool selection and model routing. Google says one request can evaluate up to 1,000 independent decisions across text and other media. It is available through Google AI Studio.
- Google A2UI 1.0: The first stable version of the open protocol lets AI agents produce interactive interfaces rendered with platform-native components. Google has released renderers for React, Angular, Lit, Flutter and SwiftUI; its Jetpack Compose renderer remains at version 0.9.1.
- Volcano Engine Seedance 2.5 flash: ByteDance’s Volcano Engine says the video-generation model is twice as fast and about 34% cheaper than its Seedance 2.5 flagship, while offering similar results. Those are company claims. The model supports videos of up to 30 seconds; its API was scheduled for November 15.
- Doubao Work: On November 12, Doubao announced support for third-party models including Kimi K3.1 Pro, GLM 5.3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Users can switch models and see their relative quota consumption.
Search, graphics and gaming
Tencent has launched Yuanbao Search, an AI search product available at so.qq.com and through the latest QQ Browser. It searches sources including web pages, WeChat articles and academic literature. Tencent says ads are labeled and kept separate from organic results.
Apex Compute announced a beta of Apex Neural Rendering frame generation on November 11. It lists support for several Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPU families and Steam Deck. Its published comparisons with Nvidia DLSS—including processing time, memory use and image quality—have not been independently verified, Sspai notes. The suite’s super-resolution and ray-reconstruction models remain in development.
The briefing also covers the 44th Golden Joystick Awards, held in London on November 11. Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year with 17% of the public vote, ahead of Phantom Blade Zero at 16% and Crimson Desert at 15%.