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Chinese humanoids steal the spotlight at San Francisco's robot party

Actuate drew 1,500 people to San Francisco as robotics investment surges, though hardware was scarce.

The AI 'death zone' is here and most corporate AI strategies are standing in it

In July, for the first time, Chinese developed models took all five top positions on OpenRouter, the neutral routing platform that has become the closest thing the AI industry has to a Nielsen rating. Xiaomi’s MiMo V2.5 ranked first by token volume, followed by models from DeepSeek, MiniMax, Alibaba’s Qwen family and Moonshot’s Kimi. Chinese models now carry more than 60% of the platform’s traffic, which exceeds 20 trillion tokens a week.

Apple Music is getting AI labels ‘later this year.’

That’s according to an email seen by The Hollywood Reporter. They’re seemingly visible versions of the voluntary “Transparency Tags” that Apple Music introduced in March. Apple doesn’t say how it will enforce the labels, but it did clarify what they’ll apply to:

Spider-Man: Brand New Disappointment

There seems to be some egregious (but unconfirmed) AI slop in art book Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Art of the Movie, judging by images shared by The Artbook Collector. That any editor allowed this to be included is embarrassing enough, but why even use AI concept art on a project that was rolling in money?

AI productivity tools are overhyped and overfunded. Investors should look elsewhere

The world does not need any more AI productivity tools.

Amazon, Uber, DoorDash, and Walmart are taking the delivery wars to the skies

Forget raining cats and dogs: In America’s increasingly crowded skies, it may soon be packages and takeout food falling from above.

Our AI Startup is Growing 40% a Month Helping Financial Advisors Do What They Love: Giving Advice

Before we built our current startup, we spent seven years building retail investment platforms that introduced millions of people to investing for the first time.

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Robotics' ChatGPT moment can still take up to 5 years: Unitree CEO

Even one of robotics' biggest names says that a major breakthrough for the industry could take up to a decade.

Gwyneth Paltrow is going full meme over that 'private, off-the-record al-fresco dinner'

Some social media users appeared confused by Gwyneth Paltrow's attempt to address the Sam Altman dinner backlash with spoof invitations.

London Cabbies Plot 'Skulduggery' to Take on Robotaxis

Private-hire drivers are bracing for a new wave of technological change

Ukraine seeks Elon Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers

Starlink-equipped drones could strike targets up to 200km inside Russia