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AI-powered toothpicks, paperweights, shoelaces… everyone is touting their AI-enhanced products. In the real world, a lot of the cool kids are actually working on hardware solutions; from humanoid robots to tactile sensor technologies to swarm robotics, it’s the new frontier. Continue Reading →

Last week, NVIDIA quietly unveiled a variation of Meta's Llama 3.1 model called "Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct." I didn’t expect the shockwaves it sent through the AI industry, thanks to its superior performance compared to established models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Continue Reading →

According to multiple sources (including The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg), Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft are in discussions to participate in a new funding round (led by Thrive Capital) that would value OpenAI at over $100 billion. The exact amounts that Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft might invest have not yet been reported. Continue Reading →

Can an army of C-3PO-inspired humanoid robots reduce global labor shortages? Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia all think that's how the future will unfold. Continue Reading →

As you know, AI models rely on vast amounts of real-world data scraped from the web, often plagued by privacy issues and inherent biases, and there has been talk about the possibility of running out of new data to train on. Synthetic data, however, offers a compelling alternative, and NVIDIA just introduced a vast synthetic data set. Continue Reading →

Announced at NVIDIA's GTC conference, Project GR00T – named with a nod to the Marvel character – is focused on creating a foundational model for general-purpose humanoid robots. Continue Reading →

At its Game Developers Conference, NVIDIA presented a series of tech demos to demonstrate how their AI tools can be used to voice, animate, and script dialogue for non-playable characters (NPCs). These NPCs are capable of generating unique responses to player actions, enhancing the gaming experience with more dynamic and varied interactions. Continue Reading →

Amidst the AI buzz, it's easy to forget that as data speeds up like a runaway train, our need for beefier processors to keep up with AI's demands grows exponentially. But who knows? Maybe in the future, AI will be so brilliantly efficient that it could run on a stack of dusty old laptops in your garage. That seems unlikely, though, so the race to build the very best processors is fierce. Continue Reading →

Nvidia has once again demonstrated the transformative power of AI. The company's Q2 2024 earnings report revealed a staggering $13.5 billion in revenue, largely attributed to the surging demand for its generative AI chips – record-setting demand that overshadowed the challenges posed by a dwindling PC industry. Continue Reading →

The booths and exhibits at CES 2023 are still under construction, but I've been walking the show floor for the past two days and talking to product managers while my team has attended official press conferences. Many of the most exciting announcements are under embargo until the show officially opens tonight, but here are a few interesting items with far-reaching implications. Continue Reading →