VCs have zeroed in on #VerticalAI as the most attractive segment in Europe's rapidly expanding #AI market. Here’s why: pitchbook.com/news/article...
VCs have zeroed in on #VerticalAI as the most attractive segment in Europe's rapidly expanding #AI market. Here’s why: pitchbook.com/news/article...
#KFSHRC is setting firsts in fully #robotic #surgery, a #LiverTransplant led by Prof. #Broering & a #HeartTransplant performed by Prof. #Khaliel, towards a future where robotics becomes the preferred approach for complex procedures. pix11.com/business/pre...
#NuclearFusion is the tech industry's in-vogue solution to #AI's endless #electricity demands. Here is why: pitchbook.com/news/article...
A researcher caught the world’s leading supplier of commercial service #robots, #Chinese manufacturer #PuduRobotics, using shoddy admin #security that let attackers redirect the delivery machines to anywhere & make them follow any command. www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/p...
Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of #AI pilot programs achieve rapid #revenue acceleration; the vast #majority #stall, delivering little to no measurable impact on P&L. finance.yahoo.com/news/mit-rep...
The #WeRide #Robobus developed for the #SAE’s #Level4 of road autonomy has no need for an onboard safety driver. To date, it has tested & operated in about 30 cities around the world, including #Singapore, #AbuDhabi, #Beijing, #Guangzhou & #Paris. www.uncrewed-systems.com/we-ride-robo...
#Solar farms take meticulous planning & surveying, involve long hours & require significant labor. Now, the #CivDot #robot can mark up to 3,000 layout points per day & is accurate within 8 millimeters; it can ride over rugged terrain & work in most weather. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/t...
Unless users explicitly #optout by September 28, #Anthropic will use consumer chat data to #train future #AI models. This is a stunning reversal from Anthropic's previous position as the #privacy-first alternative to ChatGPT.
Acquisitions: #Accenture > #NeuraFlash + #SI&C; #CrowdStrike > #Omun; #Databricks > #Tecton; #EVS > #Telemetrics; #Fullcast > #Atrium; #IDF > #FPV; #MPulse > #Clarity; #Okta > #Axiom; #OPTEL > #VanguardRobotics; #Pepper > #Kimelo; #Vertiv > #WayLay; #WaltzHealth > #Eversana
Funding Raises: #Upstart $600M Post-IPO Debt; #Cognition $500M Series C; #Cohere $500M Series D; #MassCompute $300M PE Round; #Wugen $115M Series C; #LivePerson $115M Post-IPO Debt; #Framer $100M Series D; #ProVerum $80M Series B; #Vaxxas A$90M Series D; #Rain $58M Series B
#Partansky’s Sorting #Robotics equipment is used by some of the biggest names in the #cannabis industry, from Stiiizy to Tilray. Now he’s gearing up for when #BigTobacco is ready to roll. www.forbes.com/sites/willya...
#Google launched a #free version of its #AI-powered #video #editor #Vids, while keeping premium AI features behind paid subscriptions. mashable.com/article/goog...
#Robotics is #Nvidia’s largest growth opportunity outside of #AI. Nvidia announced its latest robotics chip module, the #JetsonAGXThor called a “ #robot #brain”, is now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit and ships next month. www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
#Marketing & #sales teams have been among the first to put #AI to work from accelerating content creation to optimizing routine tasks, AI tools & AI agents. But #adoption is moving faster than #training, only 17% have received job-specific AI training. www.marketingtechnews.net/news/marketi...
#Ukraine is using ground #robots to help its soldiers as it lacks manpower against Russia. They are used in a host of ways from collecting injured soldiers to firing at Russia, but have some flaws. www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-usin...
#Levin, Manager at the #USPS, explains how to identify #AIbots on social media and through influencer partnerships, as well as how to #protect your #brand when the #bots turn against you. www.prnewsonline.com/ai-bots-iden...
According to the #UN, some 62m tonnes of #e-waste were produced in 2022, enough to fill a line of lorries parked bumper-to-bumper around the equator. Only 22% is recycled. #Robots can help reduce #waste. www.economist.com/science-and-...
#GenerativeAI tools can make developers up to 55% more #productive, but rapid deployment creates dangerous technical debt. In brownfield environments with legacy systems, AI-generated code compounds existing problems when it’s deployed by inexperienced developers. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-...
We are seeing a profound shift in how #robots can #learn, away from painstaking programming and toward natural #observation. techxplore.com/news/2025-08...
#OpenAI made some updates to its #ChatGPT systems, which are impacting the amount of #traffic ChatGPT is sending out from its interface. #Blyskal from #Profounds posted on LinkedIn that "ChatGPT #ReferralTraffic is down -52% since July 21st."
#Nvidia released a powerful new set of open-source tools, #Gramary, aimed at giving developers the power to build high-quality #speech #AI for 25 European #languages. It is curated to help teach AI the nuances of #SpeechRecognition & #translation. www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/nvidia-...
More Acquisitions: #CustomerHealth > #PatchRx; #Ideagen > #Reactec; #IFS > #7bridges; #Kraken > #Capitalise.ai; #Overhaul > #FreightVerify; #ServeRobotics > #VayuRobotics; #Strangeworks > #Quantagonia; #TempusAI > #Paige; #Workday > #Flowise + #Paradox
Additional Funding Raises: #Midas $80M Series B; #FiscalNote $75M Post-IPO Debt; #Stark $62M; #Ivix $60M Series B; #TwinHealth $53M SeriesE; #Anocca $46M; #Medallion $43M Series C Acquisitions: #AccentureSong > #Superdigital; #AIR > #OwensDesign; #Comply365 > #Beams
Funding Raises: #Group14Technologies $463M Series D; #FieldAI $314M; #CCCIntelligenceSolutions $296.7M Post-IPO Secondary; #Ontic $239M Series C; #Nuro $203M Series E; #Overhaul $105M Series C; #AaloAtomics $100M Series B+; #EightSleep $100M Series D
When it comes to #robot #musicians, talent runs the gamut about as much as it does for humans. View video of this not-so-rhythmic bot at futurism.com/scientists-r...
As #AIagents gain precision, human-in-the-loop shifts from routine oversight to #strategic roles. Structured knowledge boosts AI reliability, enabling #humans to focus on #judgment, #innovation, and #problem-solving while ensuring trust in high-stakes operations. builtin.com/articles/hum...
Seeing a #robot casually #shopping in #Manhattan is a preview of the technology that could be serving customers, #assisting in retail or even #running errands in the near future. www.foxnews.com/tech/humanoi...
#China's #DeepSeek released V3.1 on August 19—a 685-billion parameter model that matches GPT-5's performance while using just 2.664 million H800 GPU hours to train. github.com/deepseek-ai/...
The idea from #KaiwaTechnology, based in #Guangzhou, involves a #humanoid designed with an #artificial #womb embedded in its abdomen, intended to carry a #fetus through ten months of #gestation and deliver a baby, according to Chinese media outlets. interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...
As #AI-generated content erodes people’s trust in various messaging formats, presenters need to be able to establish presence — real #human #connection — with their audiences to be viewed as #credible communicators. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/owni...
Today's #humanoid and animal-mimicking #robots have a "limited number of joints", which creates a "disparity between their #movements and those of the subjects they imitate, significantly diminishing their value. www.sciencealert.com/humanoid-rob...
#MIT’s #CSAIL researchers developed the “#Meschers” tool, which converts images and 3D models into 2.5-dimensional structures; it helps users relight, smooth out, and study unique geometries while preserving their optical illusion. news.mit.edu/2025/mit-mes...
#Robocop is now close to becoming a realityin #UAE. Starting in mid-August, the #M2 autonomous #police control made by unmanned ground vehicle & AI specialist #Micropolis will start the final phase of its flagship pilot program in #Dubai. aibusiness.com/automation/r...
The rapid adoption of #AI is greatly outpacing the implementation of #security around it and its #governance, according to #IBM’s s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report. aibusiness.com/cybersecurit...
#Nvidia launched #Omniverse libraries, the #CosmosReason model & the #RTXPro6000Blackwell Server Edition GPU, advancements that Nvidia said would reshape digital twins, physical AI, & high-performance enterprise computing. aibusiness.com/generative-a...
Acquisitions: #Anthropic > #Humanloop; #Landbase > #Adauris; #SentinelOne > #PromptSecurity
Funding Raises: #Cognition $500M Series B; #BendingSpoons €500M Debt; #CelestialAI $225M; #PeriodicLabs $200M Series A; #EliseAI $200M Series E; #SetPointMedical $115M Series D; #Truemeds $85M Series C; #Titan $74M; #Appcharge $58M Series B; #1Kosmos $57M Series B
Researchers at #SUPSI, #IDSIA & #PolitecnicodiMilano recently introduced #RobotDrummer, a new #humanoid #robot that can play the #drums both #accurately & #expressively, supported by a reinforcement learning algorithm. techxplore.com/news/2025-08...
A study by #MIT researchers shows the first method for #MachineLearning with @symmetry that is provably #efficient in terms of both the amount of #computation and #data needed. news.mit.edu/2025/new-alg...
The #Chinese state broadcaster #CCTV recently released a brief video series showing off its newly developed "#robot #wolves," equipped with combat #rifles, in simulated #combat drills. futurism.com/china-armed-...
Global #digital #transformation company #GFT has launched a new #AI #coding assistant, #Wynxx, which it says can #cut AI #development #timelines by as much as 95%. aibusiness.com/automation/a...
They may not be able to pass the Turing Test, but the #robots #competing in the first #WorldHumanoidRobotGames in Beijing from August 15-17 will be making history. There will be more than 100 international teams competing in 22 events. www.eweek.com/news/news-wo...
#DWaveQuantum new tools to help developers explore and advance #quantumAI & #ML innovation. The quantum AI toolkit directly integrates D-Wave's quantum computers & #PyTorch, a production-grade ML framework widely used to build and train deep learning models. aibusiness.com/ml/d-wave-re...
#Robots could soon handle labor-intensive work tasks that until recently only humans could do, such as #selecting and placing items, #directing instruments, and #operating handheld equipment, explain #McKinsey Senior Partner #Patel & coauthors. www.mckinsey.com/featured-ins...
#Elsevier unveiled a new #AI tool, #ReaxysAISearch, that lets users search through #chemical #research using natural language queries instead of complex keyword combinations. aibusiness.com/language-mod...
Two separate astronaut assistance #robots, #JAXA's Int-Ball2 and #DLR's CIMON, “played hide and seek” aboard the #InternationalSpaceStation, in what is being heralded as a #robotic milestone. aibusiness.com/automation/a...
#Genie3 is a general purpose model that #Google says is a significant step towards achieving artificial general intelligence, meaning a stage where #AI can carry out tasks at the same level as #humans. aibusiness.com/nlp/google-r...
#OpenAI unveiled two new open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, marking the first open release since GPT-2 in 2019. Offering performance OpenAI said is comparable to proprietary tools like the o4-mini. aibusiness.com/nlp/openai-u...
Additional Acquisitions: #Chairish > #AuctionTechnologyGroup; #Cloudera > #Taikun; #CloudSoftwareGroup > #Arctera; #Lyten > #Northvolt; #Opiniion > #Rentgrata; #Ripple > #Rail; #T-MobileUS > #ArrayDigitalInfrastructure; #TrellaHealth > #Repisodic; #Upwork > #Bubty & #Ascen
Additional Funding Raises: #SiMa.ai $85M Series C; #ChaiDiscovery $70M Series A; #Rillet $70M Series B; #SAFE $70M Series C; #GoodJobGames $60M Series A; #Stavtar $55M Series A; #Wallarm $55M Series C Acquisitions: #Aurelius > #FIAMMEnergyTechnology; #Cerebral > #ResilienceLab
Funding Raises: #CoreWeave $1.8 Post-IPO Debt; #Pagaya $500M Post-IPO Debt; #StrandTherapeutics $153M Series B; #Apreo Health $130M Series B; #BeatBread $124M Credit & Equity; #BlueJ $122M Series D; #Decart $100M Series B; #OxideComputer $100M Series B; #Clay $100M Series C
#Tan, #Stanford robotics researcher, introduced #Lume, a #robot he has been building to fold laundry. In the video, Lume is disguised as a pair of tall bedside lamps, which quietly bend down and extend two robotic fingers that get to work folding laundry. sfstandard.com/2025/07/30/a...
#BusinessSpending on #AI-related stuff (think computers, software, processing equipment) has actually #overtaken #ConsumerSpending as the biggest contributor to #GDPgrowth. thetradable.com/global-econo....
Teaming humans with #robots delivers better results for #warehouse operations than having only robots, but there are opportunities to improve that #collaboration in the face of increasing demands for speed and accuracy in e-commerce fulfillment. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/ai-c...
A recent paper published in #NatureCommunications describes the outcome of applying machine learning (#ML) to genomic data from a large cohort of #Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients in Europe. www.news-medical.net/news/2025072....
To provide #robots with a better sense of #touch, a new electronic textile (#Etextile), under development at the #UniversityatBuffalo mimics how nerves in our hands sense pressure and slipping while #grasping objects. techxplore.com/news/2025-08...
#Walmart is overhauling its #AI strategy by consolidating dozens of fragmented AI tools into four comprehensive "#SuperAgents" designed to simplify #interactions and drive #ecommerce growth. aibusiness.com/agentic-ai/w...
Learn how startups are #bioprinting tissues for drug testing, skin grafts and even functional organ prototypes. It's no longer just about the future—it's reshaping what is possible in #healthcare now. pitchbook.com/news/reports...
#Meta researchers are developing a breakthrough #wristband technology that allows users to control computers using subtle hand #gestures or even just the intention to move. aibusiness.com/ml/meta-wris...
#Chinese #robotics company #UnitreeRobotics launched one of the most affordable #humanoid robots yet, the #UnitreeR1, with a starting price of just $5,900. aibusiness.com/automation/h...
A #CarnegieMellonUniversity study conducted in collaboration with #Anthropic found that with the right frameworks, #LLMs are capable of simulating real-world #breaches. aibusiness.com/responsible-...
The market for computer-generated #art has grown over the past few years, with #algorithm-created works selling at auction houses and galleries worldwide. aimagazine.com/news/create-...
Acquisitions: #Ancestry > #iMemories; #Darktrace > #MiraSecurity; #EliLilly > #VerveTherapeutics; #IntegratedDiagnosticServices > #CommunityofNevedaDiagnostics; #Ironmark > #AmericanMarketing&MailingServices; #NiCE > #Cognigy; #SuperiorEnvironmentalSolutions > #Hydroblasters
Additional Funding Raises: #Artbio $132M Series B; #Fal $125M Series C; #FuriosaAI $125M Series C; #Cynerio $100M; #NomaSecurity $100M Series B; #Saphyre $70M Growth Equity; #QITech $63M Series B; #Salient $60M; #NeurosMedical $56M Series D; #RadicalAI $55M Seed
Funding Raises: #xAI $5B Corporate Round; #Ramp $500M Series E-2; #MaplightTherapeutics $372.5M Series D; #AmbienceHealthcare $243M Series C; #Lovable $200M Series A; #Fractal $172M Secondary Market; #Observe $156M Series C; #Anaconda $150M Series C; #Motive $150M Series G
This is how #wars are fought now: two $500 #drones just took out a $10 million U.S. Abrams tank; Ukraine is deploying rifle-armed #robot dogs to frontline combat; and more.
#GooglePhotos' new #AI-enabled features brings more #creativity to users’ pictures: a ‘photo-to-video’ capability that turns still pictures into six-second moving clips, while a new remix option allows users to select photos & illustrate them in different styles. aibusiness.com/google/googl...
#TableTennis requires a #robot to master a confluence of difficult skills, an ideal domain for developing & evaluating robust learning algorithms that can handle real-time interaction, complex physics, high-level reasoning & the need for adaptive strategies. spectrum.ieee.org/deepmind-tab...
A former #Nike executive and an #MIT professor have launched #Cimulate, a new company to help #retailers compete with e-commerce giants by giving them access to cutting-edge #AI and synthetic #data tools. aibusiness.com/generative-a...
A #humanoid #robot recently took to the stage at the #VOYAGEXMusicFestival in #China to show off its #keyboarding skills. The bot accompanied #HuYutong’s band for the performance, which showcased just how quickly #robotics are advancing. www.govtech.com/question-of-...
#Google revealed that its #LLM-assisted vulnerability discovery framework #discovered a #SecurityFlaw in the #SQLite open-source database engine before it could have been exploited in the wild. thehackernews.com/2025/07/goog...
#MIT’s #CSAIL scientists developed a different perspective on #robotic control, #NJF, which gives #robots a kind of bodily #selfawareness. It allows robots to learn how their bodies respond to control commands, solely through vision. news.mit.edu/2025/vision-...
A team of #MIT researchers has mapped the challenges of #AI in software development, and outlined a research agenda to move the field forward. news.mit.edu/2025/can-ai-...
Study found a majority of participants actually mentioned how human-like they found the #neurotic #robot, says #Zhang, researcher at the #UniversityofChicago. They found it to be a lot more #relatable. www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
There is a sweeping new #AI policy blueprint aimed at securing #US dominance in the global AI race, particularly in competition with China. The plan, Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan, will dismantle regulatory barriers & accelerate #innovation. aibusiness.com/responsible-...
#MIT’s new #training method doesn't use sensors or onboard control tweaks, but a single #camera that watches the #robot's movements and uses visual data. www.livescience.com/technology/r...
Acquisitions: #Actis > #BarghestBuildingPerformance; #Amazon > #Bee; #Ambienta > #AgronovaBiotech; #Aurelius > #ExertisUK; #CASE > #RagnarokTechnologies; #Datasite > #Blueflame; #Learnbeat > core technology of #Anywyse; #R/GA > #Addition; #Synopsys > #Ansys; #TTAM > #23andMe
Additional $$$ Raises: #AvalynPharma $100M Series D; #Bowtie $70M Series C; #Makersite €60M Series B; #PanaceaFinancial $62M Series B; #Lumotive $59M Series B; #Buena $58M; #EtonSolutions $58M Series C; #Guardz $56M Series B; #antheia $56M Series C; #CloudZero $56M Series C
Funding Raises: #Mobileye $825M Post-IPO Secondary; #Flexjet $800M; #Loveable $200M Series A; #Xelix $160M Series B; #aiDoc $150M; #Vanta $150M Series D; #Sunsave £113M Series A; #Armada $131M; #HeroDevs $125M; #RekaAI $110M Series B; #Perplexity $100M; #Langchain $100M Series B
AI investor #Bellini predicted that future #battles will be fought by #robots. www.foxnews.com/video/637597...
The process of #grieving for someone is undoubtedly emotionally taxing. But it also involves a great deal of paperwork and administrative burden. #Alix is a platform that helps families automate #estate #settlements by scanning and extracting information from relevant documents. www.meetalix.com
#Robots that enthusiasts could build for under $500, and that are smart enough to walk off the #3D printer that formed them, have been demonstrated by a team at the #UniversityofEdinburgh. www.i-programmer.info/news/169-rob...
#OpenAI has signed a strategic #partnership with the #UKgovernment to explore potential investments in British #infrastructure and examine ways to transform #publicservices through #artificialintelligence technology. aibusiness.com/responsible-...
#WalkerS2 uses dual-battery balancing and standardized modules to boost efficiency and ensure #uninterrupted, optimized performance. interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...
The #energy-efficient nature of #SNNs–due to their sparse, spike-based computation–makes them ideal for deployment in #wearable & #edge devices, addressing a major limitation of power-intensive deep learning models. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
For the first time, an #autonomous #surgical #robot completed a key phase of #gallbladder #removal on a lifelike patient. It worked independently and adapted in real time to unexpected challenges. www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-robo...
#UniversityofTokyo researchers in collaboration with #AisinCorporation demonstrated that universal scaling laws apply to deep #NeuralNetworks that exhibit absorbing phase transition behavior, a phenomenon typically observed in physical systems. phys.org/news/2025-07...
#MorganStanley report predicted that 13 million human #robots will be among us by 2035, rising to one billion by 2050. Here is a look at some of the advanced, useful, impressive & sometimes scary humanoid robots that are already among us today (or will be soon). www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
A new deep learning #AI tool, #CellLENS, fuses all genetic and phenotypic characteristics of #cancer cells plus RNA, using a combination of convolutional neural networks and graph neural networks to build a comprehensive digital profile for every single cell. news.mit.edu/2025/ai-syst...
#AI is vital for the #insurance industry, from complex risk calculations to the way insurers talk to their customers. However, while nearly 8/10 companies are dipping their toes in the AI water, a similar number admit it hasn’t made any more money. www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-is-r...
Acquisitions: #Advantive > #PINpoint; #Clio > #vLex; #Cognition > remainder of #Windsurf; #Emperion > #PeerLinkMedical; #Grammarly > #Superhuman; #Meta > #PlayAI; #PrecisionX > #HudsonTechnologies; #Rydoo > #Semine; #Secur-Serv > #ArrowheadTechnologies; #Talos > #CoinMetrics
Additional $$$ Raises: #Moonvalley $84M; #Exein €70M Series C; #BedrockRobotics $80M Seed + Series A; #Boulevard $80M Series D; #Q.Ant €62M Series A Merger: #Abacus & #MedicusIT
Funding Raises: #ThinkingMachinesLab $2B; #XAI $2B; #Tempus $650M Post-IPO Debt; #LendBuzz $266M Debt; #Hadrian $260M Series C; #Bilt $250M Series D; #OpenEvidence $210M Series B; #GorillaTechnologies $105M Post-IPO Debt; #Substack $100M Series C; #Exodigo $96B Series B
Scientists at #ColumbiaUniversity have developed #robots that can physically "#grow," "#heal," & #improve themselves by integrating material from their environment or from other robots. techxplore.com/news/2025-07...
#Translation troubles are part of a growing list of issues when today’s #AI models, strongest in #English and other major languages, try to work in an array of smaller tongues still spoken by tens of millions of people. fortune.com/asia/2025/07...
Just five days after opening up orders on its #ReachyMini #robots, AI developer platform #HuggingFace says it has logged $1 million worth of sales. That’s not a bad start for a company that’s just recently expanded into #robotics. techcrunch.com/podcast/hugg...
#Mattel, the toymaker behind #Barbie, #HotWheels & #PollyPocket, is partnering with #OpenAI to bring #AI capabilities to its children’s products. aibusiness.com/responsible-...
#Humanoid #robotics maker #DiligentRobotics has announced the hire of two former Cruise executives, #Haq & #Brugger, as it gears up to scale its robotic fleet. aibusiness.com/automation/h...
#xAI launched #Grok4 and #Musk called Grok 4 "the #smartest #AI in the #world" and said its intelligence rivals that of "almost all graduate students in all disciplines simultaneously." aibusiness.com/generative-a...
#NeuraRobotics's partnership with #GFTTechnologies is to develop next generation physical AI capabilities for its humanoid #robots, which are designed for easy #integration alongside human workers in industries such as #manufacturing, #logistics & #healthcare. aibusiness.com/automation/h...