Business | All’s well that’s Blackwell

Nvidia’s boss dismisses fears that AI has hit a wall

But it’s “urgent” to get to the next level, Jensen Huang tells The Economist

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents NVIDIA Blackwel.
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WHEN SAM ALTMAN, boss of OpenAI, posted a gnomic tweet this month saying “There is no wall,” his followers on X, a social-media site, had a blast. “Trump will build it,” said one. “No paywall for ChatGPT?” quipped another. It has since morphed from an in-joke among nerds into a serious business matter.

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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “All’s well that’s Blackwell”

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