Nvidia teams up with Japan's Komatsu to make building sites safer using AI (NVDA)

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• Nvidia and Komatsu announced a partnership to make building sites safer using artificial intelligence.
• Komatsu will use Nvidia graphics processing units to visualize and analyze construction sites.

(Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp will partner with Japanese construction and mining firm Komatsu Ltd to use its artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make building sites safer.

Komatsu will use Nvidia graphics processing units to visualize and analyze construction sites, Nvidia said on Tuesday.

"Future machines will perceive their surroundings and be continuously alert, helping operators work more efficiently and safely," Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said.

Nvidia, traditionally a maker of graphics chips for PCs, has been expanding its reach to newer technologies including AI, cloud computing and self-driving cars.

Its shares have soared 79 percent since the beginning of the year, powered largely by these expansion efforts. (Reporting by Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru; editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar)

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