Nvidia GTC 2022 keynote: all the latest news, releases and more

Nvidia GTC 2022 is underway, with the computing giant set to announce a raft of software and hardware news, upgrades and releases.

With CEO Jensen Huang taking to the stage, we’re expecting everything from 6G to AI, with some surprises no doubt included.

So read on for all the latest updates from Nvidia GTC 2022 keynote live….

As is tradition, Nvidia kicked off the keynote with a demonstration of how advanced its AI capability is.

The keynote started with a sweeping dive through a digital replica of the company’s HQ, with music also composed by its AI.

CEO Jensen Huang then appeared, clad in trademark leather jacket, introducing a video of AI use cases, from healthcare to construction, for the company’s traditional “I am AI” presentation.

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Jensen went on to discuss how Nvidia’s AI platform is a common sight around the world, with three million developers and 10,000 start-ups using the technology.

Huang noted that in the past decade, Nvidia’s hardware and software has delivered a million-x speed increase in AI technology.

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Next was a refresh look at Nvidia’s “Earth 2” digital twin, which among other things is using in-depth weather forecasting data to help simulate climate and atmosphere fields.

The models this data creates could be a vital step towards dealing with climate change, Nvidia notes, including predicting storms, flooding and other natural disasters.

Now it’s on to hardware – this is where Nvidia really leads the way.

First up is a look at transformers, where Huang notes that the technology is ideal for machine learning platforms such as natural language processing, making live translation a reality for users everywhere.

But when it comes to the next step, “the conditions are primed for the next breakthroughs in science” Huang says, with virtual models, quantum computing and even media set for transformation.

“AI is racing forward in every direction,” he says.

Nvidia’s AI libraries sweep through the whole technology landscape, Huang notes, highlighted Riva, Maxine, Nemo and Merlin among the headline acts.

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“AI will reinvent video conferencing”, Huang says, introducing a demo of Maxine, the company’s library for AI video calls.

It’s certainly pretty incredible to see, with the library able to re-focus a speaker’s eyes so that they are central, and then giving them the superpower to suddenly be able to speak another language.

However there is a little uncanny valley-vibe to some of the speaking in a foreign langauge, with the mouth seeming *just* a little off to us…

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We also get a look at Merlin 1.0, an AI framework for hyperscale recommendation systems, and Nemo Megatron, which is used for training large language models.