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Industry talk

The most capable AI models that exist at any moment, the cutting edge.

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• GPUGraphics processing unit. A chip first made for video games that turned out to be ideal for AI. Demand for them is why Nvidia became so valuable.
• Humanoid robotA robot with a human-like body, designed to work in spaces built for people.
• HyperscalerOne of the giant cloud companies, mainly Amazon, Microsoft and Google, that own the data centres most AI runs on.
• LeaderboardA public ranking of AI models by test scores. Handy, but companies are known to tune their models for the tests.
• LLMOpsThe behind-the-scenes work of running AI apps reliably: monitoring them, testing them and keeping costs under control.