Nvidia's DGX supercomputer was originally built for Nvidia's own engineers, but was given to OpenAI after Elon Musk expressed interest in it. The supercomputer was used to test AI systems and contributed to breakthroughs in deep learning and neural networks. Nvidia's involvement in AI has proven to be a successful move, with the company's stock price rising from $15 a share in 2016 to $779 a share.
Key takeaways:
- Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, donated the world's first AI supercomputer, called DGX, to OpenAI in August 2016.
- The DGX supercomputer, which took five years to build, accelerated OpenAI's research experiments and enabled them to run experiments that required high computing power.
- OpenAI used the DGX supercomputer for large language models, the technology underpinning ChatGPT, which brought AI and OpenAI into the mainstream.
- Nvidia's stock price has risen from $15 a share in August 2016 to $779 a share, demonstrating the impact of AI on the company's success.