All I wanted was a digital rendering of Brock Purdy if he were a foot taller and had 50 more pounds of muscle on him, but NOOOOOOOOOO. No, apparently the great AI revolution can only produce “art” of Donald Trump crossing the Delaware River with a bald eagle bursting out of his muscle-bound chest.

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Some gamers are already camping out during one of the coldest times in the year to get their hands on a $2,000 graphics card.

Nvidia crossed below its 200-day moving average this week for the first time since 2023. Analysts say the correction could deepen.

Export controls need to be tightened after revelations the Chinese company used Nvidia technology, the leaders of a congressional committee said.

Nvidia is launching its next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs today, but it’s also releasing an exciting update for existing RTX GPU owners. A new GPU driver (572.16) allows you to force DLSS 4 inside games or apps that don’t currently support it, providing improved image quality and even less VRAM usage in some cases.

The biggest market loss in history happened, with Nvidia stock dropping 17%—and the entire internet thought this was hilarious.

Then there is the hype question. Since Chat GPT set off the AI gold rush in late 2022, Nvidia has been the ultimate “picks and shovel” play. But like investment in the early days of the internet, the AI boom has so far been based more on the belief that it will change everything than hard evidence that it can generate returns.

While the demand is there, it's clear that's not the sole reason why Nvidia's RTX 50 series is impossible to find in stores. Many retailers received fairly low stock quantities, as Nvidia reportedly experienced manufacturing issues.

Chinese startup DeepSeek has debuted an AI app that challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT and other U.S. rivals, sending a shock through Wall Street.

Earlier in January, DeepSeek released its AI model, DeepSeek (R1), which competes with leading models like OpenAI's ChatGPT o1. What sets DeepSeek apart is its ability to develop high-performing AI models at a fraction of the cost.