Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shows off the new Blackwell GPU chip (left).
Nvidia
This week ZDNET Innovation Index continued to be at the forefront of AI, with AI-related topics once again taking three of the top four spots – and it was further dominated by some of the world’s biggest tech companies and the company that is now synonymous with generative AI.
To recap, the Innovation Index highlights key technology trends based on a vote by our panel of journalists and analysts. We are particularly looking for the most innovative developments that will have the greatest impact on the future. ZDNET editorial managers select the week’s top 10 trends, then our panel votes to rank the top four. If you are not familiar, here is the link to last week’s report as well as the inaugural report two weeks ago.
The main trends of the week were:
- Nvidia Unveils “Blackwell” Chip to Power Next-Gen LLMs
- OpenAI prepares new automations for GPT-5
- Microsoft unveils its first AI-powered Surface devices
- Google rethinks search results for health issues
Our panel’s top pick this week was the new Nvidia GPU, which is expected to accelerate the large language models that power generative AI by up to 25x. Speaking of LLM, market leader OpenAI’s next big project will be GPT-5 and the company is already telegraphing that we should expect it to include new superpowers for automating tasks with AI agents. Not to be outdone on the AI front, Microsoft has unveiled its flagship 2-in-1 laptop and tablet that will feature a neural processing unit to optimize AI-related tasks.
And finally, the only non-AI item on this week’s list is Google’s big overhaul of how health conditions are displayed in search results. This is much more important than it seems, because many people start their health journey on Google when they encounter problems or are looking to improve their health. I have a number of doctor friends and they often refer to patients coming in after “Dr. Google” has provided them with health information at varying levels of reliability.
Alright, that’s it for this week. Come back next week to see the latest trends.
