Will AI Investments Pay Off? Your Questions Answered.

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🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Businesses and investors keep making big bets on artificial intelligence. Earlier this month, Nvidia, whose chips power a lot of AI tech, topped $3 trillion in market cap. Other tech giants, like Microsoft and Amazon, are pledging billions to build up their AI capabilities. As their stocks soar and business leaders predict AI will cut costs and save companies major capital, will AI live up to the hype? Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims answers your questions on what AI can and can't do and what it'll take for the tech to fulfill its financial promises. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Further Reading This Record Stock Market Is Riding on Questionable AI Assumptions The AI Revolution Is Already Losing Steam Nvidia at $3 Trillion Isn’t Priced for Trouble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So how do we get AI right?
0:02.0	Well, we need the right volume of data, the software to train it, and massive compute power, or...
0:10.0	Another one buys the dust.
0:12.0	Are you ready?
0:13.0	Are you ready for this?
0:14.0	Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
0:16.0	But with HE Green Lake, we get access to supercomputing to power AI at the scale we need,
0:21.0	helping generate better insights.
0:22.6	All right.
0:25.4	Nice teamwork guys.
0:26.9	Search HPE Green Lake.
0:29.8	Hey what's news listeners? It's Sunday June 16th. I'm Charlotte
0:36.9	Gartenberg for the Wall Street Journal. This is What's News Sunday, the show
0:41.1	where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news
0:44.5	by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in
0:48.8	our world.
0:50.4	This week we're looking at the promises of artificial intelligence.
0:54.0	From businesses aiming to optimize operations to investors betting on AI companies to drive their portfolios,
1:01.0	many are hoping to capitalize on the AI boom.
1:03.6	But are the big swings likely to pay off?
1:06.4	You've got questions, and so do we.
1:08.4	So let's get to it.
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