CNBC January 9, 2026
Key Points
– Across Las Vegas this week, tech companies used the CES trade show to reveal their visions of a future filled with physical artificial intelligence.
– Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm made splashy robot-related announcements, and Google’s DeepMind said it would work with Boston Dynamics, to develop new AI models for its Atlas robot.
– “The humanoid industry is riding on the work of the AI factories we’re building for other AI stuff,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at a news conference.
It’s the week Sin City turned sci-fi.
Humanoid robots shadowboxed, danced and pretended to run small shops. Singapore-based Sharpa displayed a robotic hand playing table tennis and dealing blackjack hands.
Across Las Vegas, technology companies used the...







