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Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.” The 25-centimeter-tall duck can waddle, pick things up with
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Looking ahead: Imagine being able to swing by your local Hyundai dealership to buy a humanoid or dog-like robot. That scenario is the vision of the automaker's CEO, José Muñoz, and the
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? Surgeons at a London hospital used artificial intelligence to help remove a brain tumor from a 48-year-old man facing the risk of losing his sight. The system analyzed live video during
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The market for edge AI hardware continues to grow as interest in moving applications out of the cloud and onto local devices increases. Making this move could not only reduce processing latency, but also cut costs and enhance privacy. For everything from smart cameras to industrial inspection systems, developers are
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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Hugging Face’s Pollen Robotics has launched its second cute AI robot, the Microduck, a one-eyed biped standing just under 10 inches tall. It’
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only getting more powerful, but it is also becoming more accessible. Anyone with a reasonably modern computer can download an AI model, fine-tune it, and begin experimenting. Unfortunately, robotics hasn’t quite kept up in this regard. That means developing AI systems that can interact
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Waymo has outlined the AI architecture behind more than 200 million fully driverless miles, from sensor fusion to safety validation. The company published an account describing ten lessons drawn from that mileage, covering sensor design, model architecture, and the internal checks it applies before allowing new capabilities onto public roads.
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Surgeons at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London have removed a brain tumour in what University College London Hospitals says is the world’s first successful AI-assisted operation of its kind. The system analysed live camera footage during the procedure, helping the team identify nerves and blood
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The pitch is simple: models triage faster than people, so the SOC should shrink. That pitch collides with how incidents actually start and how they end. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report still put a human element in 60% of breaches. Stolen credentials were the most common initial-access path,
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When all tests pass doesn't mean what you think it means. TL;DR: Write the failing test first and ban deletions, or the AI deletes your test, reverts your fix, and calls it done. Common Mistake ❌ You ask the AI to fix a failing test, and it deletes
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The era of agentic AI is upon us, heralding the arrival of AI agents acting on behalf of companies and companies. There was very little advance notice of the arrival of this era. Even the tech companies were, and still are, scrambling to position themselves and their products to exploit
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Amazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies announced Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to Amazon’s data centers. These GPUs, which are designed to handle the heavy compute demands of training and running AI models,
