This week continues Uncanny Valleyhosts Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer discuss highlights from Nvidia’s annual developer conference and why Tesla has been in trouble lately with some of its most devoted fans online. Furthermore, Meta’s initial decision to disable Horizon Worlds VR on the Quest signals the end of the Metaverse dream. (Meta has since backtracked on this, saying it would provide the platform with narrow support for the “foreseeable future.”)
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Zoë Schiffer: Brian, hello. What’s really electrifying is that I can talk to you in a different way when I’m not sending you a Slack message every five seconds.
Brian Barrett: That’s great because Slack doesn’t have a voice part.
Zoë Schiffer: This is not the case.
Brian Barrett: I will say: I am so sorry that Leah will not be a part of this journey today.
Zoë Schiffer: I know. It’s really unhappy, but while Leah’s gone, the mice will play and we’ll talk about topics that Leah hates, so just wait.
Brian Barrett: And just to be clear, he’ll be back next week. She’s just unwell.
Zoë Schiffer: Yes.
Brian Barrett: It’s allergy season.
Zoë Schiffer: Welcome to WIRED Uncanny Valley. My name is Zoë Schiffer and I am WIRED’s director of business and industry.
Brian Barrett: I’m Brian Barrett, editor-in-chief.
Zoë Schiffer: This week on the show, we’ll discuss Nvidia’s annual developer conference, why some Tesla influencers are fleeing the brand, and why Meta finally shut down Horizon Worlds on the Meta Quest platform. To get you started: Nvidia held its annual developer conference in San Jose this week. This is a gigantic event in the AI industry. Some are even calling it the Super Bowl of AI. Developers, CEOs, researchers, WIRED reporters – and we’re all waiting to hear what CEO Jensen Huang will tell us about the company’s future.
Brian Barrett: One of the things that’s fascinating about the Nvidia conference is that I feel like a lot of it is geared towards business. These aren’t many things that you, as an AI consumer or someone who plays with Claude, would necessarily identify with. One thing to take with a pinch of salt since this is someone who could make this money, but Jensen said the AI chip revenue opportunity at Nvidia could reach at least a trillion dollars by 2027.
Zoë Schiffer: Changing pockets.
Brian Barrett: Pocket change, really, I mean Nvidia at this point. One thing was really fascinating: he introduced a modern product. I always like it when there’s a specific product associated with it, rather than a promise of it. Some time ago, Nvidia signed a licensing agreement with Groq, which should not be confused with the occasional…