Cloud-based AI models operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google suffered a rare and overlapping set of significant service interruptions over a period of hours Thursday morning. Anthropic first reported a “partial outage” related to “elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5” at 9:23 am (all times…
NVIDIA and Hugging Face have collaborated on AI and robotics development. Source: NVIDIA After a few weeks of anticipation, NVIDIA Corp. today said it is acquiring Hugging Face Inc., an open platform for AI developers, for $12.9 billion. Founded in 2016, Hugging Face provides an open platform for AI developers. “Ten years after starting Hugging…
AI-powered robots briefly took over the European Parliament this week to showcase the continent’s creators as the bloc races to compete in a field dominated by China and the United States.
PlusAI SuperDrive-enabled autonomous trucks at its testing facility in Fremont, Calif. Source: PlusAI PlusAI Inc., which has developed AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks, is going public via a merger with Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company or SPAC. “This transaction validates a year of significant execution and operational milestones for…
Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence systems underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and other similar conversational agents, are now widely used worldwide. In addition to processing, interpreting and generating texts, some of these models can solve basic logical problems and answer some user questions with striking accuracy.
NexCOBOT, which exhibited at the Robotics Summit & Expo, provides a range of controllers. Source: NexCOBOT Humanoid robotics and physical AI developers are not only raising billions of dollars; they’re also getting acquired by big technology companies. This has implications for industrial adoption, according to Jenny Shern, general manager of NexCOBOT. For instance, Mobileye acquired…
Google hasn’t released a frontier-level Gemini Pro AI model since early 2026, but it sure loves rolling out new Gemini Flash variants. Today, Google is announcing its third Flash model release in just six weeks, making it more likely that we’ll never see the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro. But no matter, says Google, because Gemini…
Chef Robotics has designed its robotic system to handle high-mix food preparation. | Source: Chef Robotics Physical AI has made remarkable strides, but most of the time, we use rigid objects to train foundation models. Food represents one of the most complex manipulation challenges in robotics, noted Chef Robotics. Every ingredient is deformable, inconsistent in…
AIR brings together advanced flight systems, intelligent automation, and purpose-built design to create smart aircraft. | Source: AIR AIR VEV Inc. last week announced a strategic partnership with Elmo Motion Control Ltd. Elmo will integrate its high-performance motion control system into AIR’s Heavy Lift UAS, or uncrewed aerial system. The partnership brings together Elmo‘s compact,…
Loneliness in later life is more than an emotional burden. Studies estimate that between 17% and 47% of adults 60 and older in Singapore are socially isolated, with almost 8% experiencing loneliness. Alarmingly, the health toll of such conditions has been compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
