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NVIDIA Lands 74 Papers at ICML 2026 as Open Models Reshape AI Research

NVIDIA reported 74 accepted papers at ICML 2026 in Seoul, with the company saying around 2,000 accepted papers cited its GPUs. (Logos: ICML / NVIDIA)

Beyond the corporate scorecard, the numbers point to a quieter shift: open model families are becoming the default foundation on which academic AI research is now built, with one chip-maker sitting squarely at the centre of it.

NVIDIA, Palantir Put Nemotron Open Models Inside US Government Systems

NVIDIA and Palantir have partnered to run Nemotron open models in sovereign, air-gapped environments for US government agencies. (Image: NVIDIA / Palantir)

NVIDIA and Palantir have joined forces to deploy Nemotron open models inside secure, air-gapped environments for US government agencies and critical infrastructure operators.