Nvidia launches open models for enterprise agents and on-device AI
Nvidia has launched new open models designed to run enterprise AI agents in data centers and on PCs, according to TechCrunch. The move targets companies that prefer to deploy their own models in-house and aims to promote on-device, private AI agents.
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Nvidia is leaning hard into the trend of enterprise companies wanting to run their own open models in their own data centers and also trying to make on-device, private AI agents a thing.
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