Nvidia’s quarterly report will gauge the temperature of the AI craze

SAN FRANCISCO: Artificial intelligence bellwether Nvidia is poised to release a quarterly report that’s expected provide a better sense about whether the stock market has been riding on an overhyped bubble or whether it’s being propelled by a technological boom that’s still gathering momentum.

The financial results due out Wednesday afternoon have become a key AI barometer during the past two years because Nvidia makes most of the chips that power the technology in vast data centers scattered throughout the boom.