Evening Scan

Today's big-tech news was mostly about who writes the checks: Nvidia and Google both announced multi-million-dollar compute giveaways, while SpaceX cut off Ukraine's drone teams. And somewhere in San Francisco, a toilet-paper-wrapped bug turned an OpenAI boardroom into a spy novel.

$250M — Nvidia's five-year compute pledge to UK AI security and agentic safety research, delivered as access rather than cash. (Reuters)

Ukraine says SpaceX cut military-grade Starlink service with no warning

Capping speeds above 100mph is a specific way to hit drone missions, and Kyiv learned about it the hard way. (Reuters)

Nvidia pledges $250M in compute to UK AI safety research

Jensen Huang's check is made of GPU hours. Funding safety research and moving GPU hours happen simultaneously. (Reuters)

Google DeepMind opens its science AI models to 200 European researchers

Frontier model access plus $3M in compute credits is generous, though 200 seats makes it more pilot than public good. (The Next Web)

OpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paper

The FBI alleges a recorder was plugged into a TV, with a second device later found in the employee's bag. (The Register)