NVIDIA’s Open-Source Robot Brain, TSMC’s 1nm Chip, and the Week AI Got Physical

The line between software AI and physical AI collapsed a little more this week. NVIDIA released an open-source foundation model designed specifically for humanoid robot brains. TSMC outlined a path to 1.0nm-class chips by 2028. Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft all made significant moves in the same seven-day window. Here is what matters and why it matters now.

## Headline: NVIDIA Opens the Humanoid Robot Playbook