GM teams up with Nvidia to bring AI to robots, factories, and self-driving cars

General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots, and self-driving cars. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who announced the partnership Tuesday during his keynote at the company’s GTC conference in San Jose, said the time for autonomous vehicles has arrived. “We’re looking forward to building with GM AI in all three areas,” he said on stage. “AI for manufacturing, so they can revolutionize the way they manufacture; AI for enterprise, so they can revolutionize the way they work to design cars and simulate cars, and then also AI for in the car.” The deal means Nvidia will provide AI infrastructure — essentially GPUs — for GM as well as help the automaker build its own AI, according to Huang. Nvidia has a decades-long relationship with the automotive and autonomous vehicle industry, supplying GPUs to companies like Tesla, Wayve, and Waymo ... Read full article.