CES tech fest: Nvidia unveils robot training tech

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AI to better train robots and cars dominated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's keynote speech at the CES 2025 conference on Monday (Jan 6) as the world's second most valuable firm expounded upon its potential to expand its business.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Top names in tech are gathering in Las Vegas for one of the industry's biggest events.

00:06The CES trade show brings together manufacturers, suppliers and analysts from across the technology

00:12world. This year it kicked off with a keynote speech from NVIDIA boss Jensen Huang. He unveiled

00:18a new system for training robots and self-driving cars at a much lower cost.

00:23The Chad GPT moment for general robotics is just around the corner.

00:28Huang also revealed new chips designed to give video games movie-like graphics. They

00:34also feature AI technology that will help game developers create more realistic human

00:39faces.

00:40But the tech fest takes place this year under a looming shadow. In less than two weeks Donald

00:46Trump will be sworn in as president and he's promised sweeping tariffs on imports, particularly

00:51from China.

00:53Gary Shapiro is head of the Consumer Technology Association, the CES show organiser. He says

00:59protectionism doesn't help anyone.

01:01It hurts American companies, it hurts the American stock market, it hurts the retirement

01:06plans, the 401Ks, the IRAs and I know President Trump cares about all of that. So while tariffs

01:12are a negotiating tool for him and we'll have some difficult, even terrorising moments for

01:17the business community and American consumers, I think ultimately President Trump will do

01:21the right thing.

01:22However, Trump this week denied reports that he could scale back tariff plans, calling

01:27it more fake news. That's sure to see the firms gathered in Las Vegas asked whether

01:33they plan to change suppliers or move production.

01:36Trump has also vowed to end government support for sales of electric vehicles, nowadays a

01:42big focus for the tech sector. Updates on self-driving systems are expected at the show

01:47from firms including Toyota. In his keynote address, Huang said the Japanese auto giant

01:53would be buying chips from his firm to power driver assistance features.

01:57AI is also likely to remain a buzzword at the event, with the tech set to power everything

02:03from companion robots to immersive VR headsets. The CES show will run until January 10.

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