Samsung recently shared details of its plans for AI-powered networks. This includes similar principles to the famous AI-RAN Alliance pitch, but Samsung is not pushing the GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) idea – which makes sense, since it does not make GPUs. Thankfully, this makes for a more reasonable and measured spin on the AI-RAN hype. Samsung is focused on traditional AI applications, such as improved energy and spectral efficiency at the RAN level. Wireless Watch spoke to Sanjay Kodali, Head of Technology Sales, Networks Business, Samsung Electronics America, about the vendor’s AI-powered network and its ‘Network as a Data Center’ strategy. “We believe in software–based mobile networks; that has always been our journey. So, when we started talking about AI and AI…