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Scott Younker

Nvidia's 'GPT moment' for graphics rejected by gamers; CEO Jensen Huang rushes to defend DLSS 5

Jensen Huang at CES 2026.

During the Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote, CEO Jensen Huang debuted DLSS 5 calling it the "fusion of 3D graphics and artificial intelligence." The announcement was met with immediate backlash across social media.

For the unaware, DLSS is a "deep learning super sampling" feature on Nvidia graphics cards that is used to upscale the resolution of video games. We went eyes-on with version 4.5 recently and my colleague Jason England said it was "the final piece of the puzzle that brings the vision of smooth, responsive AI fueled gameplay to life."

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