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Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Nvidia unveils Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots, and Jetson Thor, a new computer designed specifically for humanoid robots  —  It’s tough to argue with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang when he notes, “Building… Read More »Nvidia unveils Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots, and Jetson Thor, a new computer designed specifically for humanoid robots (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: Nvidia launches Quantum Cloud, a service that simulates a quantum computer and allows researchers to test out their quantum computing software  —  – Cloud to give scientists access to quantum-computer simulation  — Governments are pledging… Read More »Nvidia launches Quantum Cloud, a service that simulates a quantum computer and allows researchers to test out their quantum computing software (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Nvidia announces NIM, a set of microservices designed to streamline the deployment of custom and pre-trained AI models into production environments  —  At its GTC conference, Nvidia today announced Nvidia NIM, a new software platform designed… Read More »Nvidia announces NIM, a set of microservices designed to streamline the deployment of custom and pre-trained AI models into production environments (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia unveils the Earth-2 platform, letting users create AI-powered climate simulations ranging from global atmospheric conditions to local weather phenomena  —  Nvidia unveiled Earth-2 Cloud Platform for predicting climate change across the entire planet, using simulation… Read More »Nvidia unveils the Earth-2 platform, letting users create AI-powered climate simulations ranging from global atmospheric conditions to local weather phenomena (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Crypto trading platform Bakkt names Andy Main as its CEO and president, as it faces being dropped from the NYSE for failing to maintain listing requirements  —  – Main says ‘going concern’ issues are being addressed… Read More »Crypto trading platform Bakkt names Andy Main as its CEO and president, as it faces being dropped from the NYSE for failing to maintain listing requirements (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Nvidia announces a new generation of AI chips named Blackwell, starting with the GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip, expected to ship later this year  —  – Nvidia on Monday announced a new generation of artificial intelligence chips… Read More »Nvidia announces a new generation of AI chips named Blackwell, starting with the GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip, expected to ship later this year (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Abhinaya Prabhu / Tech Funding News: Carlsmed, which is developing an AI-powered personalized surgery tool, raised a $52.5M Series C co-led by B Capital and US Venture Partners  —  More than 350,000 cervical fusion surgeries are reported to be performed… Read More »Carlsmed, which is developing an AI-powered personalized surgery tool, raised a $52.5M Series C co-led by B Capital and US Venture Partners (Abhinaya Prabhu/Tech Funding News)

NVIDIA on YouTube: A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2024 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California  —  Come experience Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote live on-stage at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA to explore the AI… Read More »A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2024 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California (NVIDIA on YouTube)

Lex Fridman: Q&A with Sam Altman on the OpenAI board saga, Ilya Sutskever, Elon Musk’s lawsuit, Sora, Q*, GPT-5, raising $7T, Google and Gemini, AGI, aliens, and more  —  – Watch the full YouTube version of the podcast  —  Table… Read More »Q&A with Sam Altman on the OpenAI board saga, Ilya Sutskever, Elon Musk’s lawsuit, Sora, Q*, GPT-5, raising $7T, Google and Gemini, AGI, aliens, and more (Lex Fridman)

John Herrman / New York Magazine: X’s pivot to video mirrors past social media trends, but its reliance on user-generated videos from TikTok and other platforms may not ensure long-term success  —  It’s going video-first by posting every other platform’s… Read More »X’s pivot to video mirrors past social media trends, but its reliance on user-generated videos from TikTok and other platforms may not ensure long-term success (John Herrman/New York Magazine)