Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?

Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big?

When ChatGPT took everyone by storm in November 2022, it was OpenAI, the startup behind it, that seized the business world’s attention. But, as usual, big tech is back on the front foot. Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech … Read more

Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become world’s most valuable company

Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become world’s most valuable company

Nvidia share price rallied over 3% on Tuesday as the chip maker the world’s most valuable company, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft. Nvidia shares rose 3.5% to $135.58, lifting its market capitalization by over $110 billion to $3.335 trillion, just days after overtaking iPhone maker Apple to become the second most valuable company, Reuters reported. The … Read more

Mint Primer | Intelligent bet: Can Nvidia keep up its swift rise?

Mint Primer | Intelligent bet: Can Nvidia keep up its swift rise?

Last week, Nvidia briefly overtook Apple to become the second most-valuable company in the world at $3.01 trillion. Even as Nvidia shareholders and its chief executive rejoiced, analysts and watchers of the company claimed the future may not be so easy. Mint explains: What explains Nvidia’s rise to the top table? Nvidia’s rise to the … Read more

The war for AI talent is heating up

The war for AI talent is heating up

That reflects not Mr Altman’s leadership but a broader trend in the technology industry, one that OpenAI itself precipitated. Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the market for AI labour has been transformed. Zeki Research, a market-intelligence firm, reckons that around 20,000 companies in the West are hiring AI experts. Rapid advances in … Read more

How to define artificial general intelligence

How to define artificial general intelligence

The idea of machines outsmarting humans has long been the subject of science fiction. Rapid improvements in artificial-intelligence (AI) programs over the past decade have led some experts to conclude that science fiction could soon become fact. On March 19th Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, the world’s biggest manufacturer of computer chips and … Read more

Wall Street today: US stocks muted ahead of Nvidia earnings, Fed minutes

Wall Street today: US stocks muted ahead of Nvidia earnings, Fed minutes

US stocks were muted on Wednesday ahead of chip giant Nvidia’s quarterly results and the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting minutes. Nvidia, based in Santa Clara, California, will release its first quarter earnings after the market close on Wednesday. Nvidia’s stock is the third largest on Wall Street, following its more than 92% surge this … Read more

Why Devina Mehra is bullish on silver

Why Devina Mehra is bullish on silver

“Even compared to gold, silver is beginning to look good. Unlike gold, silver also has some linkage to industrial demand. The US leading indicator on industrial production is also looking good. So, all this put together bodes well for silver,” she says. Barring some legacy stock holdings, about 90% of Mehra’s investments are channeled through … Read more

Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida enlist Amazon, Nvidia to fund $50 million joint AI research programme

Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida enlist Amazon, Nvidia to fund $50 million joint AI research programme

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have enlisted Amazon.com Inc. and Nvidia Corp. to fund a new joint artificial intelligence research program, as the two nations look to improve collaboration around the quickly emerging technology. The $50 million project will be a joint effort between the University of Washington in Seattle and … Read more

Intel rolls out new AI chip ‘Gaudi 3’ to challenge Nvidia’s dominance

Intel rolls out new AI chip ‘Gaudi 3’ to challenge Nvidia's dominance

Intel Corp. is rolling out a new version of its artificial intelligence chip, aiming to challenge Nvidia Corp. in one of the fastest-growing parts of the semiconductor industry.  The updated processor, called Gaudi 3, will be widely available in the third quarter, Intel said at a company event early Tuesday. The chip is designed to … Read more

Some international funds are still open for investments. Here’s a list.

Some international funds are still open for investments. Here’s a list.

Fund of funds (FoFs) that invest in overseas exchange traded funds (ETFs) will stop accepting fresh inflows from 1 April as the mutual fund industry is close to hitting its $1-billion limit to invest in overseas ETFs. However, investors can still diversify globally as some international funds have headroom to invest in international stocks. These … Read more