What’s a journalism and politics major from Ithaca College in upstate New York doing interning at NVIDIA, which focuses on AI, self-driving cars and VR? Believe me, I asked myself the same question. I never thought I would be writing on subjects such as intelligent drones protecting endangered species in Africa, a Chinese startup building driverless trucks, and AI’s ability to determine the future of red giant stars.
Researching and writing stories like these as a corporate communications intern here this summer has made one thing clear: the company’s GPU-powered AI revolution values diversity. Over 400 students interned at the company’s Santa Clara headquarters this summer, its biggest class yet. That put NVIDIA’s University Recruiting team into overdrive developing a comprehensive curriculum, offering opportunities to build skills, and planning networking events for our interns and their new colleagues.
