Nvidia unveils Maxine, a managed cloud AI videoconferencing service

Nvidia today launched Nvidia Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software to enhance video quality. The company describes Maxine as a "cloud-native" solution that makes it possible for service providers to bring AI effects -- including gaze correction, super-resolution, noise cancellation, face relighting, and more -- to end users. Developers, software partners, and service providers can apply for early access to Maxine starting this week. Videoconferencing has exploded during the pandemic, as it offers a way to communicate while minimizing infection risk. In late April, Zoom surpassed 300 million daily meeting participants, up from 200 million earlier in the month and 10 million in December. According to a report from App Annie, business conferencing apps topped 62 million downloads during the week of March 14-21.