Inside Google’s 7 Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body

Meta unveils AI tools to give robots a human touch in physical world

Meta unveils three tools and benchmarks to enhance robot touch perception, dexterity, and human-robot collaboration in real-world settings.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 2

Rangers extend Lafrenière after breakout season

The New York Rangers signed winger Alexis Lafrenière, the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL draft, to a seven-year contract extension Friday.

Sports - ESPN - October 25

This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robots

Physical Intelligence, a well-funded startup chasing breakthroughs in robotic intelligence, has developed a robot capable of doing various household chores remarkably well.

Tech - Wired - October 31

Inside the mission to protect endangered culture

Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?

Business - Financial Times - October 26

Google is winning the AI search wars

But rival products from Apple and OpenAI will continue to attract users

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Inside Viktor Orbán's not-so-secret mission to elect Trump

Beyond the close public relationship between former President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is what sources have described as frequent exchanges delving deeply into ...

Self-learning AI generates NFL against the spread, over-under, money-line picks for every Week 7, 2024 game

SportsLine AI evaluated the Week 7 NFL odds and revealed its NFL predictions, NFL score predictions, and NFL betting picks for every game

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

Nvidia advances robot learning and humanoid development with AI and simulation tools

Nvidia revealed new AI and simulation tools that will advance robot learning and humanoid development. The world’s biggest tech company by valuation (worth $3.432 trillion) said that the tools will ...

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI

Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres

The tech giant says it will use energy from small reactors to power its use of artificial intelligence.

Google turns to nuclear energy for AI electricity demand

Google announced a deal with energy startup Kairos Power to supply its data centers with electricity from seven small modular nuclear reactors, which still need to be built. A recent study found ...

New Google AI Will Take Over Browsers: Report

The new product, code-named Project Jarvis, may reach users as soon as December, according to reports.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Inside the Mind of an AI Girlfriend (or Boyfriend)

Dippy, a startup that offers “uncensored” AI companions, lets you peer into their thought process—sometimes revealing hidden motives.

Tech - Wired - October 16

Pandover complete: China's furry envoys arrive in D.C. for a 10-year mission

A pair of giant pandas left China on Monday for the National Zoo, taking up residence in the nation’s capital weeks before the U.S. presidential election.

Inside a high-tech parking garage where robots valet park your car

Better-utilized space for parking could mean a developer needs fewer floors devoted to vehicles — freeing up square footage for residences.

Business - CNBC - October 15

Google becomes the latest tech giant to strike a nuclear-power deal for AI

Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle all have nuclear arrangements of their own as tech companies seek clean-energy solutions for AI’s massive power needs.

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal

Tech company orders six or seven small nuclear reactors from California’s Kairos Power. Business live – latest updates Google has signed a “world first” deal to buy energy from a fleet of ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Google’s NotebookLM Now Lets You Customize Its AI Podcasts

The NotebookLM tool generates AI-hosted audio podcasts on any topic. Its latest update allows users to enter prompts to personalize the output. I tried it out.

Tech - Wired - October 17

Google launches NotebookLM Business to make enterprise AI audio, text

A paid version of the increasingly popular Google tool NotebookLM will target businesses.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

Honeywell signs deal with Google to bring Gemini generative AI to industrial sector

Honeywell has signed a deal with Google to bring generative AI from its Gemini model and Vertex cloud platform together with industrial's massive data set.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Google DeepMind’s Hassabis on his Nobel: ‘It feels like a watershed moment for AI’

Founder of the artificial intelligence R&D lab says scientific understanding can prevent mis-steps in developing the technology

Business - Financial Times - October 21

With This 1 Move, Google May Have Solved a Huge AI Content Problem

As AI tech gets smarter it’s getting harder to spot the difference between content made by a human and what’s been dreamed up by an algorithm. Google, pushing the AI envelope itself, is aware of ...

Business - Inc. - October 24

Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic

Tech - ABC News - October 24

Meta just beat Google and Apple in the race to put powerful AI on phones

Meta has launched compressed AI models that run directly on smartphones, making artificial intelligence faster and more private while using less memory than cloud-based alternatives.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

Google’s AI-Fueled Results Bode Well for Rivals Amazon and Microsoft

Sales gains in its cloud business point to growing, sustained demand for AI-juiced computing power.

Business - Inc. - October 30

Google's cloud outpaces rivals in third quarter as AI battle heats up

One takeaway from tech earnings reports this week is that Google's cloud business is gaining momentum.

Business - CNBC - November 2

Google’s Next AI Just Leaked, and It Can Take Over Your Computer

Here’s what to know about Jarvis.

Business - Inc. - 2 days ago

Inside AI’s $1 Trillion Cash Bonfire

Generative AI companies have spent a fortune still searching for a killer app.

Business - Inc. - October 14

AI gives voice to dead animals in Cambridge exhibition

Creatures can converse and share their stories by voice or text through visitors’ mobile phones at Museum of Zoology. If the pickled bodies, partial skeletons and stuffed carcasses that fill ...

World - The Guardian - October 13

Stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras on balloons could help you get your insurance claim check faster

Near Space Labs, a Brooklyn, New York-based startup, invented stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras that fly on weather balloons.

Business - CNBC - October 22

This Robotics AI ‘Brain’ Startup Just Raised $400 Million From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Others

Physical Intelligence, now valued at about $2 billion, aims to create AI models that can power robots.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Blast Ghosts And Even The Haunted Sun With This Year's Halloween Google Doodle

Google is celebrating Halloween with a brand new installment of Magic Cat Academy--marking the third edition of the Doodle. In the past, Momo the cat has taken on ghouls in school and taken a ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 30

Delta is giving its cabin interiors a new look. Here's a peek inside.

Delta says new seating materials and other cabin design enhancements "elevate the travel experience."

'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art

Hundreds of artefacts were looted from Nepal as it opened up from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Nuggets give Gordon 4-year, $133M extension

The Nuggets secured a critical player from their 2023 championship team by agreeing to a four-year, $133 million contract extension with forward Aaron Gordon.

Sports - ESPN - October 22

GPS data from suspect's car leads to body of girl missing for a year

Police had been searching for the 15-year-old — referred to only as "Lina" in media — since her mysterious disappearance last year.

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