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AI startup Sarvam has brought on Devendra Singh Chaplot as an advisor, bringing on board one of the researchers behind several of the world's leading frontier AI models as the Bengaluru-based startup accelerates its ambition to build a homegrown foundation model. Chaplot has held key roles at xAI,
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If you don't want AI scrapers training themselves on your website, there's a new way to stop them that doesn't involve server-side blocking or praying they respect your instructions in robots.txt. A team of creatives have teamed up with a typography company to
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Education is at a crossroads. People are having fewer kids, which means schools are bracing for lower enrollments. You can’t throw a rock on TikTok without running into an exhausted teacher ready to tear their hair out. And on top of this is the now-pervasive, often institutionally sanctioned use,
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Google DeepMind says the latest version of its Gemini Robotics AI model can “control entire humanoid robots.” While the previous model focused on controlling a humanoid robot’s upper body, Gemini Robotics 2 now supports “whole-body motions” ranging from its feet to fingertips, according to an announcement on Thursday. The
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The FCC has banned the sale and import of foreign-made robotic devices and power inverters. * The ban includes vacuums and lawn mowers from the world's largest robot manufacturers. * Robots previously imported into the
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United Airlines has updated its baggage policy to prohibit humanoid and animal-like robots not just from passenger cabins but also from checked luggage. This is purportedly due to concerns over battery safety, but you have to admit it'd be pretty creepy to find out your seatmate was a
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Stop waiting for the next sale to start scoring big savings. Walmart offers some amazing deals year-round, and CNET’s shopping experts are here to help you make the most of them. We’re bringing you some of the absolute best bargains every single day, and you’ll find our
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Google DeepMind wants one AI brain to run every robot, and it just taught that brain to use its whole body. It has released Gemini Robotics 2, a family of models that can control a humanoid from its feet to its fingertips. The system can also coordinate several machines at
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Tesla has built its 10 millionth electric vehicle, according to a social media post by the company early on Thursday. The milestone comes six years after the company built its one millionth vehicle. Crossing the 10 million mark means Tesla is halfway to reaching one of the four core “product
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Google DeepMind just released a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, and it can control a range of different robots—including humanoids capable of dextrous tasks like screwing in lightbulbs and tying trash bags. Gemini Robotics 2 combines several different AI models into a single system. Taken together,
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Jul 30, 2026 Gemini Robotics ER 2 represents a step change in powering robots with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration — making it possible for robots to be more helpful in the physical world. Steven Hansen Senior Staff Software Engineer Peng Xu Staff Software Engineer Listen to article [[duration]
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Nscale, the London AI-cloud company that owns its own power and data centres, is buying its way up the stack. It has agreed to acquire Anyscale, the startup behind the widely used Ray software. Bloomberg reported the deal at about $1.65bn. Nscale announced the acquisition on Thursday but did
