Germany is set to announce a cooperation agreement with US chipmaker Nvidia next week to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in ⁠German industry, government sources said on Friday, Reuters reports.

They added that the plan will involve partners beyond Nvidia and be a major contribution to industrial AI.

Business daily ⁠Handelsblatt, which first reported on the plan, said the deal would support physical ⁠AI tools for training robots and self-driving vehicles and ⁠help develop powerful AI models for ⁠industrial use.