Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI computing demand surged in past six months

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence (AI) computing demand has surged “substantially” over the past six months, as models move from just answering questions to reasoning.

Speaking to CNBC, Huang said AI models are evolving and consuming vast amounts of computing power. “The AIs are intelligent enough that everyone wants to utilise them,” he said, describing “two exponentials happening at the same time,” i.e., AI systems requiring more compute power and demand skyrocketing because of their impressive capabilities.

“I…