A protester and a robot duck hiccup: 2 moments from Jensen Huang's keynote didn't go to plan
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's keynote address in Berlin was interrupted by Greenpeace protesters criticizing the company's environmental record and supply chain issues. Additionally, a robotic duck demonstration experienced technical glitches during the presentation.
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Highlights growing scrutiny on major hardware suppliers regarding environmental footprints and geopolitical supply chain entanglements.
Jensen Huang interacted with Microduck robots onstage. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Berlin keynote was interrupted by Greenpeace protesters onstage. Huang was making the case for Europe to build an AI economy with factories and agents. His finale featured a wobbly Microduck robot demo and an AI-generated Eurovision-style video. Even for a seasoned keynote pro like Jensen Huang, there's always the risk that things don't go fully to plan. The Nvidia CEO opened the company's Berlin conference on Wednesday to make the case that Europe should build its own AI economy — complete with AI factories, autonomous agents, and robots. But the pitch was interrupted about 20 minutes into the keynote by protesters holding a Greenpeace banner reading, "Nvidia, clean your dirty business!" One protester shouted: "Clean up your act! What about the technology that was found in Russian drones? Those were Nvidia chips .
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