AI glossary / Industry talk
GPU
Graphics 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.
More words in Industry talk
- 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.
- MoatA lasting advantage that stops competitors copying a business. A constant question in AI, where many products rely on the same models.