Microsoft leans on open weight model from Chinese AI lab to challenge Jev
The first version of Microsoft-Decision-1 is based on Qwen3.5-9B, but the next will sport homegrown tech, Redmond reassures
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New York extends AI companion program in partnership with Intuition Robotics
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) has extended its partnership with Intuition Robotics to continue bringing the ElliQ proactive AI companion to aging New Yorkers at risk of loneliness and social isolation.
Robotics & Automation News3 min readAnthropic Is Banishing Its Model Evals From the Internet
Like the parent of a teen who ordered a box of illegal peptides for looksmaxxing purposes, Anthropic says that as far as internal evaluations are concerned, it has cut off its models’ internet access until it’s satisfied that they can stay out of trouble.
Gizmodo — AI4 min readAs They Supposedly Battle AI Slop, Major Publishers Reportedly Cover Their Books in It
Cover art, cover text, and even publicity are reportedly being slopped up.
Gizmodo — AI3 min readWalmart Denies Plans for Surveillance Pricing Despite Holding Patents for Surveillance Pricing
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Gizmodo — AI5 min readAI Agents Successfully Recreate the Gender Pay Gap
We can replace human workers with AI agents, but we can’t take sexism out of the workplace. A recently published study from researchers at Ireland’s University of Limerick found that existing conscious and unconscious gender biases extend to AI agents, resulting in female-presenting bots getting…
Gizmodo — AI3 min readBillionaire Jeff Bezos: ‘Success is not villainy’
Speaking from Blue Origin’s factory floor in Florida, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered an unapologetic defense of free enterprise, declaring that "success is not villainy." For Seattle and the broader tech landscape, his comments offer a window into the foundational mindset that built Amazon—and…
GeekWire2 min readWatch: Two-armed robot throws, catches, and hits balls like a baseball champ
A new two-armed robot developed by the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI) has demonstrated its...
Interesting Engineering - Robotics4 min readWhy dexterity is physical AI’s real bottleneck
The next major challenge in robotic dexterity is making the entire system reliable enough to turn capabilities into useful work. The post Why dexterity is physical AI’s real bottleneck appeared first on The Robot Report.
The Robot Report6 min readUS Army integrates electronic warfare systems for enemy signal disruption
The US Army has demonstrated how three electronic warfare and cyber technologies can work together...
Interesting Engineering - Robotics4 min readSoftBank seeks $100 billion for AI-refined projects from Middle Eastern investors
SoftBank plans to buy companies that do not use AI or robotics, then apply new technologies to improve their operations and valuation.
Tom's Hardware AI3 min readSuper Micro smuggling co-conspirator pleads guilty to sending AI chips to China
Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun, one of the three people charged of smuggling Super Micro servers with advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, has pleaded guilty, with sentencing set for September of next year.
Tom's Hardware AI3 min readTop AI labs reportedly planning for catastrophic AI event fallout
One focus of these contingency plans is how to manage Congress after a catastrophic event puts these labs in the spotlight.
Tom's Hardware AI4 min readFrom backend to bedtime
Supabase, Terra Charge, Lumio, and more raised funds this week.
Tech In Asia AI1 min readWe’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no
Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course, cautionary.
MIT Technology Review21 min readRoundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses.
MIT Technology Review2 min readMaster AI Chip Principles With New IEEE Design Program
Today’s engineers face an unprecedented acceleration in AI hardware complexity, as explained in the recent research article “Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges.” The article examines the rapid growth of edge AI and the challenges it creates, including resource constraints, model…
IEEE Spectrum AI5 min readSuperGrok Pricing: What Each Tier Actually Buys
SuperGrok runs from no cost to maybe $300 a month, and xAI's own pricing page only confirms three of the five tiers. Here's what each one actually buys.
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