AI Trends from Silicon Valley – Airon Reports from NVIDIA GTC
Andreas Aronsson and Robert Lidberg from Airon recently attended NVIDIA GTC – one of the world’s largest AI conferences, held annually in Silicon Valley. Below, they share their insights, trendspotting and reflections from one of the most influential gatherings in the tech world.
NVIDIA is one of the world’s leading tech companies, best known for its graphics processing units, which today drive AI development and made practical AI applications possible. Each year, NVIDIA hosts its GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in San Jose – an event that brings together the global AI community.
Over the past few years, AI has evolved from interpreting images, text and sound to creating entirely new content – generative AI. ChatGPT is a clear example of how this technology has quickly changed everyday life for many. The next frontier in AI is the development of AI agents – systems that collaborate to complete tasks. Imagine a travel booking agent, a calendar agent and a finance agent working together to plan your trip. A simple instruction like “Book me a place to stay tomorrow” is enough for these agents to find the right hotel at the right time and price, based on your preferences for where and how you like to stay.
What’s next?
When we visited NVIDIA’s robotics team in November, one thing became clear: AI is accelerating developments in robotics at an exponential pace. We’re talking about physical AI – autonomous systems such as self-driving cars (Waymo is already operating in San Francisco today) and robots that train themselves in virtual environments. Take a look at the Norwegian robot 1X, which is making remarkable progress and may soon be available for home use.
At Airon, where we build AI factories powered by high-performance computing to generate artificial intelligence, we see the future as tightly linked to the next generation of chips. Faster and more efficient systems mean faster breakthroughs in medicine, research and everyday technology (think: personal robots, soon).
Another positive trend we saw at GTC is the growing focus on open source. More and more models and tools are being made publicly available, speeding up development and making innovation accessible to all. NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T N1 humanoid robot model is one example.
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— Robert Lidberg and Andreas Aronsson, Airon