'AI will acquire a human form,' top Nvidia executive tells Nikkei forum

Speaking at same event, Hyundai CEO Chang says hydrogen to be a key focus

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From right, Atanu Das, executive vice president and head of project finance of ACWA Power, Christoph Gebald, co-founder and co-CEO of Climeworks and Misiek Piskorski, professor at IMD speak on a panel at the Global Management Dialogue Oct. 28 in Tokyo. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer

October 28, 2024 11:35 JST

Updated on October 28, 2024 17:29 JST

TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence "will acquire a human form," a senior official at U.S. chipmaker Nvidia told an event in Tokyo on Monday, while the CEO of Hyundai Motor said the South Korean automaker would create a "hydrogen ecosystem."

The executives were speaking on the opening day of the Global Management Dialogue, a forum organized by Nikkei and Swiss business school IMD.