Rendered.ai Founder and CEO Nathan Kundtz on Using AI to Build Better AI

Data is the fuel that makes artificial intelligence run. Training machine learning and AI systems requires data. And the quality of datasets has a big impact on the systems’ results. But compiling quality real-world data for AI and ML can be difficult and expensive. That’s where synthetic data comes in. The guest for this week’s …

NVIDIA and VMware CEOs Discuss New Era of Enterprise Computing

Reinventing enterprise computing for the modern era, VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram Tuesday announced the availability of the VMware vSphere 8 enterprise workload platform running on NVIDIA DPUs, or data processing units, an initiative formerly known as Project Monterey. Placing the announcement in context, Raghuram and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang discussed how running VMware …

Fintech Company Blocks Fraud Attacks for Financial Institutions With AI and NVIDIA GPUs

E-commerce sales have skyrocketed as more people shop remotely, spurred by the pandemic. But this surge has also led fraudsters to use the opportunity to scam retailers and customers, according to David Sutton, director of analytical technology at fintech company Featurespace. The company, headquartered in the U.K., has developed AI-powered technology to increase the speed …

Learn How Leading Companies Are Building AI Centers of Excellence, at NVIDIA GTC

AI Centers of Excellence are organizational units dedicated to implementing a company-wide AI vision. They help identify business use cases, create an implementation roadmap, accelerate adoption, assess impact and more. NVIDIA GTC, a global conference on AI and the metaverse, brings together the world’s top business and technology leaders who’ve embraced artificial intelligence to transform …

Shelter From the Storm: AI Helps Gauge Catastrophe Risks

Floods in Kentucky and wildfires in California are the kinds of disasters companies of all sorts are trying to address with AI. Tom Rikert, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based startup Masterful AI, is one of many experts helping them manage catastrophe risk. In the U.S. alone, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners estimates that …

Predict, Detect, Mitigate: AI for Climate Science Takes the Stage at NVIDIA GTC

Recent AI advances enable modeling of weather forecasting 4-5 magnitudes faster than traditional computing methods. The brightest leaders, researchers and developers in climate science, high performance computing and AI will discuss such technology breakthroughs — and how they can help foster a greener Earth — at NVIDIA GTC. The virtual conference, running Sept. 19-22, also …

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An AI-Enabled Drone Could Soon Become Every Rhino Poacher’s… Horn Enemy

Want inspiration? Try being charged by a two-ton African black rhino. Early in her career, wildlife biologist Zoe Jewell and her team came across a mother rhino and her calf and carefully moved closer to get a better look. The protective mother rhino charged, chasing Jewell across the dusty savannah. Eventually, Jewell got a flimsy …

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Startup’s Vision AI Software Trains Itself — in One Hour — to Detect Manufacturing Defects in Real Time

Cameras have been deployed in factories for over a decade — so why, Franz Tschimben wondered, hasn’t automated visual inspection yet become the worldwide standard? This question motivated Tschimben and his colleagues to found Covision Quality, an AI-based visual-inspection software startup that uses NVIDIA technology to transform end-of-line defect detection for the manufacturing industry. “The …

Immunai Co-Founder Luis Voloch on Using Deep Learning to Develop New Drugs

Mapping the immune system could lead to the creation of drugs that help our bodies win the fight against cancer and other diseases. That’s the big idea behind immunotherapy. The problem: the immune system is incredibly complex. Enter Immunai, a biotech company that’s using cutting-edge genomics & ML technology to map the human immune system …

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Smart Devices, Smart Manufacturing: Pegatron Taps AI, Digital Twins

In the fast-paced field of making the world’s tech devices, Pegatron Corp. initially harnessed AI to gain an edge. Now, it’s on the cusp of creating digital twins to further streamline its efficiency. Whether or not they’re familiar with the name, most people have probably used smartphones, tablets, Wi-Fi routers or other products that Taiwan-based …