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Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by qrtas on Friday September 04, 2026 @01:49PM (#49567883)
Translation: Gervanov's ggml.ai was acquired by Huggingface in Feb 2026, so he is now "excited about the journey" after the Huggingface acquisition by Nvidia.

Can we take this as an official statement that Nvidia supports local models?

Why would Nvidia increase GPU efficiency for local models? Surely they'll operate like athletes and only establish a new record from time to time when necessary.

Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by asnelt on Friday September 04, 2026 @02:56PM (#49568671)
> Can we take this as an official statement that Nvidia supports local models?

The first reply on the X thread is by Gerardo Delgado, who is "Sr. Director of Product - Local AI, Creators, Developers @NVIDIA" according to his profile. In his post, he says "My team's goal at NVIDIA is to grow Local AI."

Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by credit_guy on Friday September 04, 2026 @02:10PM (#49568117)
Why would they not? The cost to do that is 0.000001% of whatever numbers they usually work with. The upside is that it creates a community of hobbyists, most of whom will us (consummer grade) Nvidia GPUs. Which are not a significant source of revenue for Nvidia anymore, but it’s nice to have a bit of insurance.
Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by EyeEmOe on Friday September 04, 2026 @03:46PM (#49569350)
> Can we take this as an official statement that Nvidia supports local models?

Hedging against a data center bubble burst or at least massive pullback

Trivial for them to cut margin on desktop cards and clean up/prop up falling data center sales serving the hungry gamer, blockchain, local AI that's been sitting on its hands the last year or two

Nvidia is the PC ecosystem's best answer to Apple

Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by fn-mote on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:09PM (#49571257)
> Nvidia is the PC ecosystem's best answer to Apple

Sorry… what does this mean? I thought most people considered Apple irrelevant because of its low market share.

Re:Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acq... by nikwen on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:38PM (#49571460)
Macs are great for running LLMs. Apple has been investing in their M-series chips and it's been paying off, including when it comes to AI.