
Agentic AI and NVIDIA H200: Powering the Next Era of Autonomous Intelligence
Agentic AI represents an evolution in artificial intelligence, moving beyond systems that merely respond to prompts. It can autonomously set goals, make decisions, and execute multi-step tasks with minimal human supervision, operating through a "Perceive, Reason, Act, Learn" cycle. This contrasts with Generative AI, which is reactive and primarily creates content based on direct prompts. The NVIDIA H200 GPU is crucial for powering Agentic AI, offering significant hardware advancements. Built on the Hopper architecture, it features HBM3e memory with 141 GB capacity and 4.8 TB/s bandwidth, nearly doubling the memory and boosting bandwidth compared to its predecessor, the H100. These improvements enable the H200 to run larger AI models directly, deliver up to 2x faster inference, and enhance energy efficiency for complex reasoning and planning required by agentic systems. Agentic AI offers benefits for businesses and society, transforming automation, decision-making, and research, but also raises important ethical, accountability, and cybersecurity considerations.
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