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AI roundup [April 10]: Microsoft invests in Japan’s AI mission, Amazon and Nvidia to contribute to AI research and more

10Apr

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AI roundup [April 10]: Microsoft invests in Japan’s AI mission, Amazon and Nvidia to contribute to AI research and more

[ad_1] AI roundup: Microsoft is planning to make a huge investment in Japan to accelerate the country's AI development. Additionally, the investment will also aid Japan in building strong cybersecurity defence to combat enemy countries. In other news, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged Amazon and Nvidia to fund an AI research program. Know more about such AI news of today. Microsoft plans to invest $2.9 billion in Japan to support its AI ambitionsMicrosoft announced a huge investment plan for Japan. The company will be investing $2.9 billion in the country for over 2 years to accelerate its AI development plans. The country is also aiming to expand its semiconductor industry with the help of foreign investments. Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Mi...

5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Nvidia to build AI centre in Indonesia, India on AI laws, more

5Apr

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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Nvidia to build AI centre in Indonesia, India on AI laws, more

[ad_1] AI roundup: Nvidia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison are in talks to build an artificial intelligence centre in Central Java in 2024. The companies may invest $200 million for the development. In other news, Microsoft warns countries such as the US, South Korea and India about China's intention to disrupt elections with the help of AI. Know more about what AI news is in our roundup. Nvidia and Indosat to build AI centre in IndonesiaNvidia and Indosat to open AI centre in Indonesia worth $200 million. The centre will consist of telecommunication infrastructure or a human resource centre in Surakarta city. Steve Saerang from Indosat said, “Now, our main focus is to develop a centre of excellence related to AI in Surakarta.” Steve also talked about how the collaboration with Nvidia will...

Behind the plot to break Nvidia’s grip on AI by targeting software

26Mar

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Behind the plot to break Nvidia’s grip on AI by targeting software

[ad_1] Nvidia earned its $2.2 trillion market cap by producing artificial-intelligence chips that have become the lifeblood powering the new era of generative AI developers from startups to Microsoft, OpenAI and Google parent Alphabet.Almost as important to its hardware is the company's nearly 20 years' worth of computer code, which helps make competition with the company nearly impossible. More than 4 million global developers rely on Nvidia's CUDA software platform to build AI and other apps. Now a coalition of tech companies that includes Qualcomm, Google and Intel plans to loosen Nvidia's chokehold by going after the chip giant's secret weapon: the software that keeps developers tied to Nvidia chips. They are part of an expanding group of financiers and companies hacking away at Nvi...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: BBC mulls in-house AI model, MIT develops AI image generation tool, more

21Mar

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: BBC mulls in-house AI model, MIT develops AI image generation tool, more

[ad_1] BBC mulls in house AI model from text archives; MIT develops AI tool for 30x faster high quality image generation; AI could automate 84% of government jobs, says study; Yotta data services targets global AI market with cheapest compute rates- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. BBC mulls in house AI model from text archivesBBC plans to create an in-house AI model using text archives, aiming to enhance production processes. The model, potentially a Large Language Model, would be solely accessible to BBC. Talks with tech firms on archive access for AI training reported, but BBC denies commercial agreements. Focus also on addressing bias concerns within AI models, Reuters reported. Also read: Samsung Galaxy Ring may become your nutritionist! Know what's likely...

5 Things about AI you may have missed today: NVIDIA reveals AI humanoid robots drive, Samsung to develop AI chips, more

19Mar

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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: NVIDIA reveals AI humanoid robots drive, Samsung to develop AI chips, more

[ad_1] AI roundup: In a big move, NVIDIA announces its new Project GR00T which is a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots. These robots will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the machine could copy human actions based on just observation. In other news, Samsung is stepping up its game in the semiconductor space by introducing a research lab for AI chip development. Know more about such AI-linked news today, March 19, 2024. NVIDIA announces project GR00T for AI-based humanoid robots NVIDIA is stepping up its AI game by announcing its project GR00T which is a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots. The robot is expected to drive growth in both robotics and AI. Additionally, the company also introduced a new computer, Jetson Thor designed specifica...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils flagship AI chip, the B200, aiming to extend dominance

19Mar

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils flagship AI chip, the B200, aiming to extend dominance

[ad_1] Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company's annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.On a hockey arena stage in the heart of Silicon Valley, Huang introduced Nvidia's latest chip, which is 30 times speedier at some tasks than its predecessor. He also detailed a new set of software tools to help developers sell AI models more easily to companies that use technology from Nvidia, whose customers include most of the world's biggest technology firms. Nvidia's chip and software announcements at GTC 2024 will help determine whether the company can maintain its 80% share of the market for AI chips."I hope you realize this is not a concert," Huang said,...

Nvidia artificial intelligence developer conference kicks off with new chips in focus

19Mar

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Nvidia artificial intelligence developer conference kicks off with new chips in focus

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia kicked off its annual developer conference on Monday, with investors focused on new chip announcements from Chief Executive Jensen Huang in an afternoon keynote address.Nvidia's new chip and software announcements at GTC 2024 will help determine whether Nvidia can maintain its leadership position as the dominant seller of the tools needed to fuel the past year's frenzy around AI. Nvidia dominates the data center AI chip market, capturing roughly an 80% share last year. Its shares have surged 240% over the past 12 months, making Nvidia the U.S. stock market's third most valuable company, behind only Microsoft and Apple. That stellar rally leaves Nvidia's stock at risk of plummeting back to earth if the Santa Clara, California...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Faces Sky-High Investor Expectations at Upcoming AI Conference

15Mar

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Faces Sky-High Investor Expectations at Upcoming AI Conference

[ad_1] Nvidia Corp.'s annual artificial intelligence conference is just days away and expectations are high for the semiconductor maker to deliver news that will sustain the blistering rally in its stock. “Nvidia GTC,” the company's graphics processing unit technology event, has quickly become a global AI conference for developers. It runs from March 18-21 in San Jose, California, with Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang due to speak on the opening day. His comments may help Nvidia stock end a bout of volatility and resume its surge of more than 80% this year.“It's a huge catalyst because they'll probably give more information, not only on industry penetration,” said Ted Mortonson, technology desk sector strategist at Robert W. Baird & Co. He compared the gathering to Apple Inc.'s...

Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

11Mar

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Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

[ad_1] Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform.Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O'Nan said their works were part of a dataset of about 196,640 books that helped train NeMo to simulate ordinary written language, before being taken down in October "due to reported copyright infringement." In a proposed class action filed on Friday night in San Francisco federal court, the authors said the takedown reflects Nvidia's having "admitted" it trained NeMo on the dataset, and thereby infringed their copyrights. They are seeking unspecified damages for people in the United States whose copyrighted works helped train NeMo's so-called large language models in the ...

Broadcom Expects AI Demand to Help Offset Weakness Elsewhere

8Mar

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Broadcom Expects AI Demand to Help Offset Weakness Elsewhere

[ad_1] Broadcom Inc., a chip supplier for Apple Inc. and other big tech companies, predicted that AI spending would fuel growth more quickly than expected this year, even as sluggish demand in other areas weighs on semiconductor sales.The company's semiconductor division posted revenue of $7.39 billion in the fiscal first quarter, Broadcom said Thursday, missing the $7.7 billion projected by analysts. Still, the chipmaker remains on track for $50 billion in sales during fiscal 2024, which ends in October. That's in line with its previous forecast. Though an artificial intelligence boom is fueling demand for Broadcom equipment, the company is contending with slower sales in some segments, such as telecommunications. That's hurting its chip business. Broadcom's infrastructure software sal...