SBS On the Money: What's behind the AI hype and what does Nvidia have to do with it?

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Nvidia shares surged more than 16 per cent in the US overnight making it a near US$2 trillion company after it surprassed expectations for earnings and forecasts. So, SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves discusses what's behind the AI boom, the future and risks with Loftus Peak CIO Alex Pollak and Grady Wulff from Bell Direct.

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