The infrastructure necessary for the development and operation of the artificial intelligence (AI) still require billions of dollars in investments, warned this Wednesday in the forum of Davos the CEO of the American chip company Nvidia.
“There are trillions of dollars of infrastructure to be built,” he said. Jensen Huang at the World Economic Forum, citing investments in energy, cloud computing and electronic components.
The development of generative AI, such as ChatGPThas launched “the most extensive infrastructure deployment in the history of humanity,” he said.
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The stock market valuation of Nvidiawhose chips have become indispensable for most AI developers, reached more than 5 trillion dollars in October, a historic figure, although it later fell considerably.
Other giants in the sector, such as OpenAIresponsible for ChatGPT, have attracted large investments in recent years, which makes some observers fear a financial bubblean idea that Huang dismisses.
- “The AI bubble (…) exists because investments are elevated. And these investments are high because we must build the necessary infrastructure for all layers of AI. Believe that the opportunity really is extraordinary“he assured.
