Leading AI chip maker Nvidia has launched a “robot brain” designed for a new generation of ultra-powerful humanoid machines.

The Jetson AGX Thor chip is 7.5x faster than the company’s previous generation, and can be installed in production-ready robots built by the likes of Amazon and Meta.

Costing $3,499, the new chip is capable of running generative AI models like ChatGPT in order to interact with humans, while also supporting visual models to interpret the world around them.

The artificial intelligence boom that ensued the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022 has seen Nvidia’s share price rise 10-fold in less than three years.

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang now sees robotics as the US firm’s biggest growth opportunity over the coming years.

“We’ve built Jetson Thor for the m

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