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NVIDIA's upcoming Blackwell AI GPU family is "encountering major issues" according to a new detailed breakdown by SemiAnalysis, which will impact production targets through into the first half of 2025.

The main problems are from the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU architecture and the chip packaging used: TSMC's new CoWoS-L. SemiAnalysis explains that one of the rumors swirling is that one of the top few global routing metal layers and bump out of the Blackwell die needs a redesign, while another is that the bridge dies inside the CoWoS-L packaging need a redesign.

SemiAnalysis explains that there has a been a warpage in the CoWoS-L packaging that was caused by heat, with TSMC's new CoWoS-L advanced packaging being more complex than the now more mainstream CoWoS-S packaging.

Elon Musk has officially dubbed Tesla's new supercomputer cluster at Giga Texas "Cortex" which will be powered by 100,000 x NVIDIA H100/H200 AI GPUs with "massive storage" for video training its FSD and Optimus projects.

Elon Musk revealed the new name of the Tesla Gigafactory Texas supercomputer cluster in a post on X, which comes as no surprise to the SpaceX and Telsa (and X) boss.

Elon did say that the new Cortex supercomputing cluster will feature around 100,000 x NVIDIA H100 and H200 AI GPUs that will be used to video train the neural networks for FSD (Full Self-Driving) and Optimus robotics.

The US Department of Justice is being pushed to investigate NVIDIA over anti-competitive concerns in its dominance in the AI GPU business.

Progressive groups backed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, have written a letter to anti-trust boss Jonathan Kanter, to open an investigation into NVIDIA. The push is coming from Demand Progress and 9 other entities that push for government scrutiny against monopolies in business, and now NVIDIA is in their crosshairs.

A magnifying glass is being put over NVIDIA's bundling of hardware and software, which has created a tight-grip monopoly on the AI GPU market. The groups wrote: "This aggressively proprietary approach, which is strongly contrary to industry norms about collaboration and interoperability, acts to lock in customers and stifles innovation".

NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell AI GPUs have reportedly been delayed, with The Information reporting that "design flaws" are stopping Blackwell from flooding the world of AI.

The Information reports on information from two unidentified people that helped produce the Blackwell AI GPU and its server hardware said that NVIDIA's new Blackwell AI GPUs could be delayed for 3 months or more, affecting major customers like Meta, Google, and Microsoft.

NVIDIA reportedly made Microsoft aware of the issue of Blackwell AI GPUs being delayed this week, at least its "most advanced" AI chip models, according to Bloomberg reporting on unidentified Microsoft staffers and "another person." The delays mean that big shipments aren't to occur until Q1 2025, according to The Information.

NVIDIA ChatRTX is an AI chatbot that is fully customizable, from the LLM used to the data. The company describes it as an AI that lets you "chat with your files" as you can customize the data set across different file formats, documents, images, and other data. The latest version of the application is available now, with a minimal and clean UI overhaul that highlights how powerful it can be.

As you can see in the screenshot, the new UI (built using the Electron + Material UI framework) highlights ChatRTX's two main components: the AI Model and the Data. Even better, users and developers can add their own UI elements and expand ChatRTX's functionality by using an open UI framework.

ChatRTx can tap into powerful AI models for customization and, as such, requires at least a GeForce RTX 30 or GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM to run.

At SIGGRAPH 2024, NVIDIA introduced and expanded on the future of digital humans by introducing its latest AI advancement - adding a path-traced realistic-looking human face (and voice) with emotion and detailed animation to the idea of interacting with an AI assistant. This is a massive leap forward compared to the usual text-based interface for AI chatbots and assistants, and it was brought to life by the latest in RTX technologies.

'James' is built using similar NVIDIA ACE technology that we went hands-on with at Computex 2024 as part of an interactive game demonstration where you interact with digital humans in real-time to solve a mystery. This time, however, it's being used in the context of a virtual assistant or customer service agent.

'James' is also built on NVIDIA NIM microservices; Jensen Huang explains how it works and confirms that the visual 'RTX On' front end can connect to existing AI chatbots like ChatGPT.

Google has been battling deep fakes of people who didn't consent to their creation for quite some time, but recently, the search engine giant has upped its efforts.

The increase in its efforts against AI-generated non-consensual deepfakes is in response to the rise of generative AI tools that are making it easier for people to create deepfakes of people without their consent. Google has decided to respond to the influx of AI-generated content with a new system that streamlines the request for removal process from the victims' perspective, along with improvements to the response to removal requests.

Additionally, when the new system confirms a request it is then added to the algorithm, which is designed to filter out any other explicit instances related to the individual from Google Search. Any duplicates of the content will automatically be removed, even if its posted on various social media platforms. Moreover, the new system works to proactively reduce the spread of deepfake content that is emerging.

On the heels of Reddit rolling out an update that booted Microsoft's Bing from accessing its data, Reddit's CEO has come out slammed Microsoft and other big tech companies for refusing to negotiate.

Reddit pivoted early this year and made major changes to its business, particularly how it handles its API with third parties. Seeing the massive rise in demand for data to train AI models, Reddit altered its API policies and began charging for access to its massive data pool. This change nuked popular third-party Reddit apps that were used by thousands of users. Reddit users caused the platform to go dark after that, but it has seemingly recovered.

These new API changes and Reddit now selling access to its data scored the company a deal with Google, which includes the $60 million a year paycheck for direct access to Reddit's wells of user data. Additionally, Reddit also signed on to OpenAI, which enables Reddit posts to appear in responses from ChatGPT and other AI tools. No specific financials were revealed about the deal.

It's only a matter of time before artificial intelligence-powered devices integrate into different facets of society, and considering these impressive AI tools are powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), it only makes sense the integration begins with roles that require communication with humans.

One of the fundamental aspects of LLMs and, by extension, these AI-powered chatbots is to bridge the gap between human and machine communication. Microsoft recently revealed it created an AI model that was so powerful that it could perfectly replicate the sound of an individual's voice to the point where it was indistinguishable from the human-generated voice. Microsoft deemed the technology too dangerous to release to the public.

On the other end of the spectrum, AI voice generators could be capable of replacing a monotonous job such as a drive-thru server. Taco Bell is seemingly one of the first to take this step, as the fast-food chain revealed in a new press release that its parent company, Yum! Brands has been testing "Voice AI" technology at more than 100 Taco Bell drive-thru locations across the US. The parent company plans on bringing the technology to "hundreds" of more locations.

To "expand the knowledge base of the gaming industry" and for non-commercial use and education, Activision has made the giant Caldera map from Call of Duty: Warzone open-source. The publisher and developer says this is a first-of-its-kind "data" release for Call of Duty and gaming, available in OpenUSD. It includes the geometry from the map plus "time samples showing how players move around the map."

Okay, so at this point, you're probably wondering what unlimited access to a giant Call of Duty battle royale map brings to the table. Well, for one, it's a great tool for machine learning, research, and education in various fields while also helping to advance game development.

"In an era where AI training and the evolution of authoring tools are pivotal, the availability of production-proven maps is crucial," Activision explains. On that note, the Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera map is the most extensive and complex bits of environmental geometry ever released as an open-source data set.