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Xavier “Xav” de Souza Briggs, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-founder of What Works Plus, takes the stage at Convergence AI to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, redefining job roles, and influencing the global labor market. [Photo: Michael Samples/Dallas Innovates]
‘We’re Capable of Extraordinary Things’: Conference Shows Why Dallas Has Become a ‘North American AI Powerhouse’
by Glenn Hunter | May 6, 2025
More than 750 business leaders turned out for the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI conference in Irving—drawn by 75 expert speakers and a firsthand look at how North Texans are shaping the future of AI, from agentic AI and data innovation to predictive maintenance and gauging ROI.
by David Seeley |
Dec 13, 2023
According to a new report from the Brookings Institution, since the pandemic hit in 2020, a "reorientation" has occurred in U.S. tech jobs growth, with growth in share of national digital services jobs moving from "Big Tech meccas" to "vibrant rising star" metros like Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 11, 2021
SMU is investing $11.5 million into a powerful new supercomputing research system featuring an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Connected with the NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking platform in SMU's data center, it will produce a theoretical 100 petaflops of computing power—enabling the university's network to perform "a blistering 100 quadrillion operations per second."
The new capability will supercharge SMU's AI and supercomputing exploration, boosting North Texas' growth as a technology hub.
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