Seems like another US-Vendor-Lock:
- New AI partnership: The German government (Economy and Research Ministries) and Nvidia signed a letter of intent at the first “Invest in Germany” summit in Berlin.
- Goal: Advance cutting-edge AI models for “Physical AI” (e.g., robots) and bring industrial AI into broad use, building a leading AI ecosystem in Europe.
- Access: Nvidia will make its AI models available not only to large corporations but also to small and mid-sized businesses and research institutions.
- Funding: No official figures. A media report says the government plans to contribute a three-digit million amount, partly to rent computing capacity in Deutsche Telekom’s AI cloud.
- Merz: Germany is acting from a position of strength despite geopolitical challenges; he urged companies to open up industrial data for AI and pointed to reforms (less bureaucracy, digital administration, social systems), the special infrastructure fund, and higher defense spending.
- Huang: Data should be treated as a national resource and kept in the country (“national intelligence”); AI should complement and scale German engineers’ expertise, not replace it. Nvidia says it invested nearly $1 billion in Germany last year.
- Summit: Two-day event with about 200 business leaders, aimed at attracting more private investors. It continues Tuesday.
Windows Defender is a good Antivirus, but which Linux user in their right mind would install Microsoft software voluntarily?