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A startup that’s trying to make AI models better conversationalists with more emotional intelligence has just raised $50 million.Seattle-based Nuance says it wants to build models that can hold face-to-face conversations without the lag and awkwardness of existing chatbots.Fangchang Ma, Nuance’s cofounder and CEO, said that existing voicebots or AI…
Nvidia has built a nearly $100 billion equity portfolio from virtually scratch in just two years by investing in other tech companies.The AI chipmaker, led by CEO Jensen Huang, held $99 billion in equity investments as of July 26, according to its latest earnings report.That included roughly $48 billion in publicly…
Jensen Huang is feeling spendy. In the span of a few weeks, the Nvidia CEO has committed billions to deals and investments — with more potentially right around the corner.The spending spree shows how far Nvidia is expanding beyond chips and raises a bigger question: how much of the AI…
Nvidia is playing many positions on the AI pitch, a leading business professor says.”If AI is a modern-day gold rush, then Nvidia is not only selling the picks; they’re also shareholders in the mines themselves, and now they’re becoming the bank that’s lending to all the prospectors,” Rob Lalka told…
AMD says it has a major advantage in the AI chip race against Nvidia: being more open.AMD has long promoted this strategy through its open-source ROCm software, used to program AI chips. Since ROCm is available as open source, it’s free for anyone to use, download, or modify. On the…
Nvidia and top tech companies have assembled a group calling for better support for open AI models to fend off cyberattacks in the wake of OpenAI’s rogue agent hacking Hugging Face. The Open Secure AI Alliance, unveiled Monday, comprises dozens of companies, including Microsoft, SpaceXAI, IBM, Palantir, Databricks, Dell, and…
