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NVIDIA, one of the leading AI technology companies, has said that the operating costs of AI systems today are significantly higher than the costs of employing human workers. Despite that, the company maintains that the future of humanity will be closely tied to the broad adoption of AI.
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in the information technology landscape, the costs to maintain and operate the broader AI ecosystem are rising rapidly. AI companies are spending trillions of USD to upgrade existing AI facilities and build new ones with gigawatt-scale capacity.
Mr. Bryan Catanzaro, NVIDIA's Vice President of Applied Deep Learning, said that for his team, compute costs for AI have surpassed personnel costs. He noted that AI infrastructure requires substantial investment and that NVIDIA continues to work on solutions for customers and for its internal needs.
NVIDIA’s operations rely heavily on AI, including running its own models and services and developing next-generation consumer technologies such as DLSS.
Other companies, including Uber and Swan AI, have also reported that AI-related costs are increasing. Gartner projects that global IT spending will reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, up 13.5% from the previous year.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has emphasized that the future of humanity depends on intelligent workers—people who know how to use AI to drive work progress. He rejected the idea that AI will destroy jobs, arguing that humans were created to solve problems rather than perform repetitive tasks.
Huang also said that while AI is advancing quickly and AI agents are opening a new era, the technology remains in its early stages.
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