Nvidia has introduced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, a research reference design created for developing, testing, and transferring skills for humanoid robots.
By Alex Rowland AI search startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million contract with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The three-year deal gives Perplexity access to a range of AI models through Microsoft’s Foundry program, including systems from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI
By Chris Borden SpaceX negocia una posible fusión con la empresa de IA xAI de Elon Musk antes de su prevista salida a bolsa, informa Reuters. La operación объединaría en una sola compañía a SpaceX, los satélites Starlink, la red social X y el chatbot Grok.
By Chris Borden The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) wants to deploy artificial intelligence technology without restrictions, while Anthropic is demanding safeguards against the use of its models for autonomous weapons control and domestic surveillance. A $200 million contract is currently at risk.
By Chris Borden Apple has acquired Israeli startup Q.ai, which develops technology for reading facial movements and interpreting silent or near-silent communication, Bloomberg reports, according to AI Wire Media.
By Chris Borden Mining company Bit Digital plans to completely exit Bitcoin mining and instead focus on investments in Ethereum (ETH) and AI-related strategies, The Block reports.
By Chris Borden Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have discovered more than 800 previously unknown cosmic anomalies using a new artificial intelligence–based tool. The neural network, called AnomalyMatch, analyzed nearly 100 million image fragments from the Hubble Space Telescope archive in less than three days.
By Daniel Mercer Sora, OpenAI’s AI video generator, is losing momentum after a rapid early surge. According to Appfigures, both downloads and overall popularity are declining.
By Chris Borden Video hosting platform YouTube has removed several channels featuring AI-generated content, including some of the segment’s largest players, The Verge reports.
By Chris Borden Google DeepMind has made Project Genie publicly accessible. The experimental prototype, based on the world model Genie 3 unveiled in August, is now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (18+). The web app lets users generate interactive worlds from text or images and explore them in real time, with the system generating what lies ahead as you move.
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