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Amazon plots a new 'Tetromino' warehouse where robots tackle work that's notoriously hard to automate

Amazon's Tetromino project aims to automate delivery stations using AI and robotics, significantly enhancing package processing speed.

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed

Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.

The AI race is moving fast. What does that mean for employees' summer vacation?

After former OpenAI staffer Miles Brundage argued that "rest is important," AI employees weighed in on PTO online.

Instinct's powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns

Early testers are raving about what Instinct can do, but some say the AI assistant’s sweeping access, broad terms and ability to act on users’ behalf come with uncomfortable trade-offs

Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.

Zcash soars to eight-year high amid crypto rally, and hopes of an ETF approval

Zcash is emerging as one of the stars of the sudden broad-based rally in crypto assets that went into high gear last week. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency has surged 66% over the past week, hitting an eight-year high of $841 on Monday.

Mistral x HUMAIN

Over the past few weeks, we have announced several important steps to expand sovereign AI by increasing access to local infrastructure capacity. Earlier this summer, we announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft to increase compute capacity in Europe. In early August, we introduced European Compute Units, a structure designed to bring together long-term enterprise commitments so the capacity Europe needs gets built and can support its global competitiveness. Today, we are announcing a new strategic collaboration with HUMAIN to support sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East. See more below.

LinkedIn's 'seems like AI slop' button is a hit

Over a million people have hit LinkedIn's "seems like AI slop" button. The platform is starting to share feedback to posts widely suspected to be AI.

Who is Dali Rajic, OpenAI’s new chief revenue officer?

In mid-August, OpenAI announced a new chief revenue officer—its fifth C-suite shakeup in the past year, but arguably its most important as the company sprints toward what could be an historic IPO, likely in 2027.

Valor, Point72 Back General Intuition at $6B Valuation as AI Startup Pushes Into Robotics

General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six.

America's energy sector will need 500,000 more workers by 2030 thanks to AI—but unless more workers retrain, humanoid robots will have to step in

CEOs have warned that AI will wipe out white-collar and entry-level jobs, but demand for the tools is already creating new opportunities. America’s energy sector is thriving during the world’s latest tech transformation—but there aren’t enough workers to meet the demand.

OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

Inside the frontier lab’s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.