Microsoft Azure Announces Integration of NVIDIA's Accelerated Computing Technology for AI Applications


NVIDIA and Stanford University jointly released the general game AI agent NitroGen, trained on over 1000 games and 40,000 hours of data, featuring strong cross-game generalization capabilities. The research team will open-source the dataset and model weights, promoting global AI and game research development.
NVIDIA releases a guide for fine-tuning large models, lowering technical barriers to enable developers to efficiently customize models on consumer-grade devices. It details using the Unsloth framework across NVIDIA hardware for optimized, professional-grade fine-tuning.....
Nvidia secures non-exclusive AI chip tech license from Groq for ~$20B, absorbing its core team to sidestep regulatory hurdles, a move seen as strategic defense against Google's TPU competition.....
Microsoft clarifies no plans for a full Windows rewrite using AI and Rust, stating earlier rumors stemmed from misinterpreted hiring information about code migration goals.....
AI chip shortages will drive smartphone prices up 6.9% by 2026, exceeding earlier forecasts, while sales are expected to drop 2.1% next year due to constrained DRAM supply for phones amid AI data center expansion.....