HiPerGator AI, built with Nvidia’s lightning-fast AI processors, was designed to make the University of Florida a leader in using cutting-edge computing for academic research.
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Nvidia’s $70 Million Florida Supercomputer Hobbled by DeSantis Law
A block on recruiting researchers from countries ‘of concern’ including China and Iran is frustrating a top state university’s AI aspirations, professors say.
When Chris Malachowsky, a billionaire co-founder of chip giant Nvidia Corp., bankrolled one of the world’s biggest supercomputers at the University of Florida, Ron DeSantis predicted the machine would be a magnet for artificial intelligence talent.
Almost four years later, the Florida governor’s anti-China crusade is preventing some highly skilled AI researchers from ever setting foot in the state.