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AMD acquires ‘godmother of AI’ Li Fei-Fei’s start-up as battle with Nvidia intensifies

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US chip giant Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence start-up founded by renowned Chinese-American computer scientist Li Fei-Fei, for US$8.2…

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