AMD buys ‘Godmother of AI’ Fei-Fei Li’s firm for US$8.2b
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 29 — Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday it has acquired World Labs, an artific...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has acquired World Labs, an artificial intelligence (AI) company founded by Fei-Fei Li, a renowned researcher often called "The Godmother of AI." The acquisition is valued at approximately US$8.2 billion and will make Li the chief scientist at AMD. Li, a Stanford computer science professor, founded World Labs with the aim of developing "spatial intelligence" technology that can simulate 3D environments from images, video, and text.
World Labs focuses on researching "world models," which differ from popular AI systems that generate text and images. These models learn how the physical world works, enabling them to simulate and predict outcomes. Applications for this research include robotics and virtual simulations. Li expressed her enthusiasm for the future of world models, stating that AMD wants to accelerate progress by scaling efforts, expanding reach, and getting closer to hardware.
AMD recently reached a US$1 trillion valuation due to the artificial intelligence investment boom, although AMD still lags behind Nvidia, the leading chip company in AI.
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