AI News Today September 7 - Billionaire Jensen Huang Says AGI Is Here, Adobe Picks New CEO, Trump Claims Billions

AI has spent years racing toward a moment when machines could handle almost any intellectual task a person can.

One of the most powerful people in technology now says that moment has arrived.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that “AGI has arrived” after OpenAI released its new Astra model, putting his name behind one of the biggest claims the industry can make.

There is plenty more happening across AI today, but we’ve narrowed it down to three stories worth your attention.

Here’s everything you need to know today.

Jensen Huang Says AGI Is Here: Has OpenAI Finally Reached It?

Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, broadly means AI capable of learning, reasoning and completing a wide range of tasks at something close to human level or beyond.

Now Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says OpenAI has crossed that line.

In a fresh post on X, Huang said GPT-6 Astra was trained using more than 100,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell systems before writing: “AGI has arrived.”

He also said another 400,000 GPUs are coming online next, showing how quickly the computing power behind these models is still expanding.

The significance goes beyond one dramatic sentence.

Nvidia supplies much of the hardware powering the AI boom, meaning Huang has a front-row view of how quickly the technology is improving.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman has also said we are moving into the AGI era.

But there is still no universally agreed definition or test for AGI, and some researchers argue Astra does not yet justify the label.

The debate has suddenly changed.

Instead of asking when AGI might arrive, some of the industry’s most influential figures are now arguing that it already has.

Adobe Names New CEO: Can It Survive the AI Disruption?

One of the world’s biggest software companies is also making its biggest leadership change in nearly two decades.

Adobe has named Anil Chakravarthy as its next CEO, replacing Shantanu Narayen, who has led the company for more than 18 years and will become executive chair on December 1.

The timing matters.

Adobe built its empire around tools such as Photoshop and Acrobat, but AI has made creating images, videos and other content dramatically easier.

New rivals are putting pressure on parts of Adobe’s traditional business, while investors want proof that its own AI products can become a major source of growth.

Chakravarthy has already overseen several of Adobe’s AI-focused enterprise products and says he wants to lead the company into the next era of “agentic software.”

Wall Street remains cautious.

Adobe shares dropped more than 6% following the announcement, while the stock is down roughly 23% this year.

Adobe reports earnings on September 10, giving its new leadership story an immediate test.

Trump Says America Made Billions From Intel: What Does AI Have to Do With It?

President Trump is now pointing to America’s chip investments as proof that government-backed technology bets can make money.

In a Sunday post, Trump claimed he had made “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars” from stocks and other holdings for the United States rather than himself.

The accompanying image focused on Intel, showing the stock rising sharply.

That reference was not random.

The U.S. government bought a roughly 10% stake in Intel last year at $20.47 per share as Washington pushed to rebuild domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

The investment has since risen substantially in value.

Trump did not provide evidence supporting the much broader “hundreds of billions” figure.

But the Intel gain highlights something larger.

AI is turning advanced chips into a strategic asset, and Washington increasingly sees semiconductor production as both an economic opportunity and a national-security priority.

What Happens If the AGI Era Really Has Started?

Today’s stories show how quickly AI is moving beyond new chatbots.

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