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Hyperscaler

Industry talk

One of the giant cloud companies, mainly Amazon, Microsoft and Google, that own the data centres most AI runs on.

More words in Industry talk

• 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.
• NPUNeural processing unit. A chip in newer phones and laptops designed to run AI efficiently without draining the battery.
• Open-weight modelA model whose trained brain is published so anyone can download and run it. Often loosely called open source, though the recipe and data aren't always shared.