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Meta is testing its first AI training chip.

The custom chip is designed to train Meta’s artificial intelligence systems and reduce the company’s dependency on third-party suppliers like Nvidia, with Meta aiming to use its own in-house chips by 2026.

The company is already using a previous-gen chip to train its ranking and recommendation algorithms, but this would be its first used to train generative tools like Meta AI.

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