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The whole “physical AI” trend of the past couple of years has largely focused on humanoid robots that can inhabit spaces designed for people. And though there is wisdom in that, humanoid robots are very difficult to build and very expensive. This robot, designed by Nathaniel Nifong, is more like
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In May, the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) marked its first anniversary with MIT Manufacturing Week, four days of events that attracted more than 800 registrants including students, faculty, industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and government officials to explore topics ranging from how companies are using AI on factory floors to
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Slim Pixelings Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don’t expect monumental changes. Credit: Ryan Whitwam Android 17 has been in testing since early this year, with the final beta hitting devices just a couple of weeks ago. Insofar as a mature operating system like Android
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AI did my homework Pentagon turns to AI shortcut for congressionally mandated reporting Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testify during a House Committee on Appropriations,
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I've recently introduced a few friends to the power of a great robot vacuum. One of my friends calls hers a marriage saver, while the other was both thrilled and horrified by how many stains the vacuum's AI found on her floors. Personally, my robot vacuums
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China is moving aggressively to reshape the global tech landscape, transforming recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, space, and robotics into industrialized power and capital market momentum. Facing escalating US sanctions, including a recent sales freeze by software giant Synopsys, Beijing is successfully engineering a self-sustaining tech ecosystem. Beijing’s multi-layered
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The hottest pitch in AI right now is not another chatbot. It is software that can run the machines on a factory floor, and a two-year-old Israeli startup has just raised $20m on the strength of programming parts for Jeff Bezos’s rockets. Limitless Labs, formerly LimitlessCNC, closed a $20m
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TL;DR Genesis AI unveiled Eno, a wheeled robot with dexterous hands and a foundation model called GENE, positioning it as a cheaper, more practical alternative to humanoids. The French-American startup has raised $105 million in seed funding and plans customer deployments by the end of 2026. On Tuesday, while
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For 25 years, Mobileye has been the arms dealer of self-driving, selling the cameras, chips, and software that now sit inside more than 230 million cars, while pointedly leaving the driving business to everyone else. On 16 June, it said it would start doing the driving itself. The Jerusalem company
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Hackernoon New Story June 16th, 2026 ← PreviousThe New AI Power Struggle About Author Anastasios (Tasos) Tassos — GM at 7projectsAI & BCLA, Founder of GeopoliticsOfAI.com, MBA Lecturer & PhD(c) in IR Read my storiesAbout @ttassos Comments TOPICS THIS ARTICLE WAS FEATURED IN TerminalLiteAlso published here XThreadsBsky Related Stories Sovereign
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My husband Harry works in tech, and every January he makes his yearly pilgrimage to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where some 4,100 exhibitors are spread across 2.6 million square feet. The dominant concept at this year’s edition was that, very soon, anything you
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