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Huang wants US-China AI talks; Ohio State eyes Indiana payback

Huang says he already holds ongoing dialogs with researchers in China, as Ohio State and the Spurs also chase the morning's sports attention; only one of them needs a permit.

On air: Brock Thunderson, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on Coffee Talk
Published 7:20 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: Memorial Stadium (Indiana University) — Photo: JYDecker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

From the show

Hot Take or Not“That is NOT hot, Vera, that is room temperature with a ribbon on it.”Chip Darnell▶ Full · 0:47Ohio State at Indiana: Hot Takes Rated Room TemperatureHot Take or Not · Oct 12

At a glance

First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Ohio State vs. Indiana: 2026 game preview and prediction”, with reporting from CNBC.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:20 AM ET on Coffee Talk, by Brock Thunderson, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
Topics: CEO Jensen Huang, U.S.-China, Ohio State, Nvidia, Indiana, AI.
BBN covered this story before: Nvidia, AMD, Dell sink in global tech rout on AI funding worries (October 16).

The real story

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Yahoo SportsOhio State vs. Indiana: 2026 game preview and prediction
CNBCNvidia CEO Jensen Huang urges U.S.-China dialogue on 'potentially dangerous' AI

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNvidia chief Jensen Huang told CNBC this morning that the United States and China should keep talking about AI he called potentially dangerous, and he says he already has ongoing dialogs with researchers in China.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the shovel man says the real danger is silence. I've had a front go quiet before a gale, and I trust nothing that polite.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKeeping the dialogue open sounds smart. Better than the alternative, which is both sides just guessing what the other one's doing.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour podcast has four listeners.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive. My mother finally figured out the link. Okay, football.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOhio State travels to Bloomington on Saturday, and it wants payback for losing to Indiana in December, the first time since nineteen eighty-eight.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThirty-seven years between fronts. That's not a rivalry, that's a long-range outlook finally coming true.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThirty-eight.