Robotics
Skild’s S1 aims to cut robot training time with a single video
Skild says S1 can learn an extended robot task from one video. Its tests suggest less task data may be needed, though reliable completion remains uncertain.
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Robotics
MIT’s CW-Net helps people spot flawed reasoning in autonomous cars
MIT and Motional’s CW-Net reveals concepts behind autonomous car decisions, helping people recognize flawed reasoning while leaving safety questions open.
Robotics
Altman says OpenAI will build humanoids, opening a path beyond software
Sam Altman says OpenAI will build humanoid robots. Its hardware ambitions could bring more control over training data—and new demands beyond model quality.
Artificial intelligence
Apple’s new claims put OpenAI’s hardware plans under legal pressure
Apple alleges its circuit files entered OpenAI engineering work. The dispute raises a timing question for OpenAI’s hardware plans with Jony Ive.
Artificial intelligence
Sanders takes his global AI pause proposal to Fox News, leaving enforcement questions open
Bernie Sanders calls for a global AI pause in Fox News. Shared concern across parties leaves hard questions about enforcement and when work could resume.
Artificial intelligence
Fable 5.1 restarts frontier competition with fewer interruptions and new cost tradeoffs
Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 addresses workflow interruptions and cost concerns as frontier competition resumes, with OpenAI’s Astra following days later.
Technology
Ultrahuman raises $70 million to push smart rings into apps and AI controls
Ultrahuman’s $70 million financing brings Qualcomm into its push to make smart rings control apps, devices, and AI, with key capabilities still unproven.
Technology
IFA 2026 puts household robots, thinner laptops and local AI in focus
IFA 2026 brings household robots, a laptop under 10mm thick and local AI hubs into focus, with practical questions about performance and availability.
Technology
Ray Kurzweil joins Subsense’s push for a brain interface delivered through the nose
Ray Kurzweil joins Subsense as an advisor as it pursues a nasal nanoparticle brain interface, with human safety and reliable function still to be proven.
Technology
Apple Vision Pro enters hip surgery with Stryker’s FDA-authorized app
A Duke surgeon used Apple Vision Pro during hip surgery, showing how configurable surgical views could give the costly headset a practical medical role.
Artificial intelligence
AI spots signs of heart disease in routine ECGs within seconds
Imperial researchers report AI can flag signs of heart disease in routine ECGs within seconds. NHS testing will assess its value for clinical follow-up.
Artificial intelligence
Runway’s Solaris tests whether live AI video can become an interface
Runway’s Solaris generates interactive interfaces as live video, testing whether gains in AI speed, cost, and quality can make new web experiences viable.
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