Nvidia's Jensen Huang Talks Up UK's AI Talent at London Tech Week
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said that the UK's AI talent is the envy of the world. Huang appeared alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and UK Investment Minister and former Darktrace CEO, Poppy Gustafsson, at London Tech Week. The conversation follows an agreement in which Nvidia helps the UK train more people in AI and expands research at universities and at the company's own AI lab in Bristol, west England. Starmer is keen to emphasize a positive vision for technology and growth at the start of a crucial week that will see the Labour government promote its plans to spend hundreds of billions of pounds over the course of the parliament. Today's guests: Vasiliki Pachatouridi, BlackRock Head of EMEA iShares Fixed Income Strategy, Parash Jain, HSBC Global Head of Transport & Logistics Research. (Source: Bloomberg)
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