Nvidia GPU heist ends with the most disappointing score
Thieves looking to strike artificial intelligence gold stole Nvidia-branded trailers in California last week — but their haul turned out to be 40,000 pounds of sand.
The thieves stole two trailers bearing Nvidia and autonomous trucking company PlusAI logos outside the companies’ Newark, California, facility, according to WIRED. But instead of expensive chips or other artificial intelligence equipment, each trailer was loaded with roughly 20,000 pounds of sand.
Nvidia and PlusAI have partnered to develop autonomous trucking technology, with the sand used to simulate cargo loads during testing, WIRED reported. The thieves allegedly broke the trailers’ hand locks before taking them, but abandoned the trailers roughly half a mile away. PlusAI recovered both trailers and their decidedly less valuable cargo.
The thieves stole two trailers bearing Nvidia and autonomous trucking company PlusAI logos outside the companies’ Newark, California, facility, according to WIRED. But instead of expensive chips or other artificial intelligence equipment, each trailer was loaded with roughly 20,000 pounds of sand.
Nvidia and PlusAI have partnered to develop autonomous trucking technology, with the sand used to simulate cargo loads during testing, WIRED reported. The thieves allegedly broke the trailers’ hand locks before taking them, but abandoned the trailers roughly half a mile away. PlusAI recovered both trailers and their decidedly less valuable cargo.
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