2025 Predictions: AI Finds a Reason to Tap Industry Data Lakes

Since the advent of the computer age, industries have been so awash in stored data that most of it never gets put to use. This data is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 120 zettabytes — the equivalent of trillions of terabytes, or more than 120x the amount of every grain of sand on
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Japan Develops Next-Generation Drug Design, Healthcare Robotics and Digital Health Platforms

To provide high-quality medical care to its population — around 30% of whom are 65 or older — Japan is pursuing sovereign AI initiatives supporting nearly every aspect of healthcare. AI tools trained on country-specific data and local compute infrastructure are supercharging the abilities of Japan’s clinicians and researchers so they can care for patients,
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Japan’s Market Innovators Bring Physical AI to Industries With NVIDIA AI and Omniverse

Robots transporting heavy metal at a Toyota plant. Yaskawa’s robots working alongside human coworkers in factories. To advance efforts like these virtually, Rikei Corporation develops digital twin tooling to assist planning. And if that weren’t enough, diversified retail holdings company Seven & i Holdings is running digital twin simulations to enhance customer experiences. Physical AI
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Hugging Face and NVIDIA to Accelerate Open-Source AI Robotics Research and Development

At the Conference for Robot Learning (CoRL) in Munich, Germany, Hugging Face and NVIDIA announced a collaboration to accelerate robotics research and development by bringing together their open-source robotics communities. Hugging Face’s LeRobot open AI platform combined with NVIDIA AI, Omniverse and Isaac robotics technology will enable researchers and developers to drive advances across a
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NVIDIA Advances Robot Learning and Humanoid Development With New AI and Simulation Tools

Robotics developers can greatly accelerate their work on AI-enabled robots, including humanoids, using new AI and simulation tools and workflows that NVIDIA revealed this week at the Conference for Robot Learning (CoRL) in Munich, Germany. The lineup includes the general availability of the NVIDIA Isaac Lab robot learning framework; six new humanoid robot learning workflows
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Give AI a Look: Any Industry Can Now Search and Summarize Vast Volumes of Visual Data

Enterprises and public sector organizations around the world are developing AI agents to boost the capabilities of workforces that rely on visual information from a growing number of devices — including cameras, IoT sensors and vehicles. To support their work, a new NVIDIA AI Blueprint for video search and summarization will enable developers in virtually
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India’s Robotics Ecosystem Adopts NVIDIA Isaac and Omniverse to Build Next Wave of Physical AI

In vast warehouses, Addverb’s robots work tirelessly, picking, sorting and delivering products with precision. Across frozen Oslo, Norway, Ottonomy’s Yeti robots assist in navigating icy streets as part of a trial with Posten Norge for urban deliveries, while in sun-soaked Madrid, they autonomously cruise bustling avenues, supporting last-mile delivery services. AI-powered robots are revolutionizing industries
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The Three Computer Solution: Powering the Next Wave of AI Robotics

ChatGPT marked the big bang moment of generative AI. Answers can be generated in response to nearly any query, helping transform digital work such as content creation, customer service, software development and business operations for knowledge workers. Physical AI, the embodiment of artificial intelligence in humanoids, factories and other devices within industrial systems, has yet
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How Digital Twins Are Driving Efficiency and Cutting Emissions in Manufacturing

Improving the sustainability of manufacturing involves optimizing entire product lifecycles — from material sourcing and transportation to design, production, distribution and end-of-life disposal. According to the International Energy Agency, reducing the carbon footprint of industrial production by just 1% could save 90 million tons of CO₂ emissions annually. That’s equivalent to taking more than 20
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Waterways Wonder: Clearbot Autonomously Cleans Waters With Energy-Efficient AI

What started as two classmates seeking a free graduation trip to Bali subsidized by a university project ended up as an AI-driven sea-cleaning boat prototype built of empty water bottles, hobbyist helicopter blades and a GoPro camera. University of Hong Kong grads Sidhant Gupta and Utkarsh Goel have since then made a splash with their
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