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Over 30,000 participants from almost 190 countries offline and several hundred thousand online, 1,000+ technical sessions, 2,000+ speakers — this year’s Nvidia GTC breaks records from previous years. In addition to its scale, it was the first ever conference «beyond Earth» — the event announced NVIDIA Space-1 — a platform that brings the computing power of data centers into orbit. Now the «cloud» is literally becoming cosmic. My name is Dmytro Zikrach, I am the AI ​​Competence Manager at SoftServe. My colleagues and I attended this year’s Super Bowl of the AI ​​world, GTC, and I am ready to share what we saw and heard during these few days of the event.

Watching the development of AI — as an engineer and as the head of a product studio — is another emotional rollercoaster. That’s why I spent three weekends immersed in vibecoding, to understand firsthand what it is and how it can work. I started with a cocky «Well, Skynet, let’s see what you’re capable of.» But I soon came to «Mother Vasilyev» and «This thing will change our familiar world, and it’s inevitable.» But if we put emotions aside, it’s worth admitting that the current capabilities of vibecoding surprise even me, a developer with 20 years of experience and dozens of cases of building successful products.

The Guardian analyzed the market for services that pay people to sell their personal photos, videos, and phone conversations, which are then used to train artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence has changed dramatically over the past two years. While it used to be a utilitarian tool—for writing code or summarizing emails—it has now become an emotional support for millions of people. Users turn to AI not just for answers, but also for support, conversations, and even intimacy. This is how the booming market for AI companion apps, also known as «AI girlfriends» or digital partners, emerged. As of 2026, they had amassed over 150 million downloads on Google Play alone.