AI glossary / Industry talk

NPU

Industry talk

Neural processing unit. A chip in newer phones and laptops designed to run AI efficiently without draining the battery.

More words in Industry talk

• 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.
• Physical AIAI that works in the real world through robots, vehicles and machines, not just on screens.
• PilotA small trial of an AI tool inside an organisation before deciding whether to roll it out to everyone.
• RoboticsBuilding machines that can sense and move in the physical world. AI is increasingly what controls them.
• Scaling lawsThe observation that AI tends to improve in a predictable way as you give it more data, more computing power and a bigger model.