SoftBank, Sony, and Honda Lead Japan’s AI Consortium with Nvidia Support
A coalition of 44 Japanese companies launches a project to develop a sovereign AI foundation model, backed by a major purchase of Nvidia Rubin chips to advance physical AI.
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