Japan plans to buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips to develop a domestic AI foundation model for robots, in a Noetra-led effort that includes SoftBank, Sony, and NEC
Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.
Japan plans to buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips to develop a domestic AI foundation model for robots, in a Noetra-led effort that includes SoftBank, Sony, and NEC
Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.
Japan commits up to ~$6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027
Sources: SoftBank, Sony, Honda, and six other Japanese companies launch a new AI company to develop a ~1T-parameter foundation model for “physical AI” by 2030
TOKYO — SoftBank has established a company to develop artificial intelligence in Japan, with NEC and Honda Motor among eight peers …
The US DHS confirms NEC is the vendor that sold Mobile Fortify, a facial recognition app used by federal immigration agents to identify people, to CBP and ICE
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
DHS reveals that NEC is the vendor that sold Mobile Fortify, a facial recognition app used by federal immigration agents to identify people in the field, to CBP
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
NEC to buy US-listed CSG, a SaaS provider of customer care and billing services for telcos and other companies, for ~$2.9B in a deal expected to close in 2026
Japan's NEC Corp. is buying CSG Systems International Inc., a US supplier of customer care and billing services for telecom companies …
Sony AI CEO Hiroaki Kitano and NEC CEO Takayuki Morita say US sanctions may impact China's ability to procure chips but question their long-term effectiveness
Sony's CTO and NEC's CEO say US chip export controls may temporarily impact China's ability to procure chips but question the sanctions' long-term effectiveness
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