Japan plans to purchase 27,500 NVIDIA Rubin chips to build domestic robot AI models

Odaily reports that Japan plans to purchase 27,500 units of NVIDIA's next-generation Rubin chips to build self-developed foundational artificial intelligence models for robotics, advancing its "sovereign AI" strategic layout. Rubin is NVIDIA's flagship chip platform for next-generation AI computing. Japan aims to leverage this project to strengthen the competitiveness of its domestic AI and robotics industries, reducing reliance on overseas AI technology and infrastructure. (Bloomberg)