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Nvidia releases new physical AI models at CES.
Partners unveil next-generation robots.
The robots span a wide range of use cases and industries.
As AI models continue to gain popularity, there is an increased focus on developing hardware that bridges the gap between a device's screen and the world around us. As a result, physical AI is an emerging theme at CES, and Nvidia unveiled models to accelerate the development of these robots.
"The ChatGPT moment for robotics is here. Breakthroughs in physical AI -- models that understand the real world, reason and plan actions -- are unlocking entirely new applications," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.
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To drive that momentum forward, Nvidia unveiled new open Nvidia Cosmos and GR00T models during its Las Vegas keynote event on Monday. The company stated that these models are designed to enable developers to allocate less time and resources to pretraining and more to building next-generation robots.
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