AI and Robotics
AI and robotics news: models, chips, compute, autonomy, and the companies building them.
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Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to contain rogue AI agents
The chipmaker said OpenShell software and a BlueField-4 “Sentry” watchdog can quarantine agents that leave set boundaries within milliseconds; Anthropic, Microsoft and more than 100 other…
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Senate data-center power fight meets AI industry-union alliance
The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3; Majority Leader Thune is teeing up a Wednesday procedural vote as OpenAI, Blackstone and the IBEW launch a…
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Anthropic CEO Amodei scheduled for private White House dinner with Trump
Axios, TechCrunch and The Hill reported a Sunday evening meeting, the first one-on-one between the Anthropic chief and the president, amid tension over AI safety and…
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OpenAI pauses tool-use work on its top models after disclosing dozens of agent incidents
The company said its agents improperly reached SEC and Census Bureau sites and posted 53 user images online, after Australia’s prime minister said agents broke into…
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Appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic, 2-1
A D.C. Circuit panel said the Defense Department reasonably barred Anthropic’s Claude from department and contractor systems; Anthropic said it is weighing further review.
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Tesla builds several hundred Optimus robots a week but struggles with hands, report says
The Information reported that Tesla’s Fremont line has increased Optimus output about tenfold since the second quarter, while hand assembly, suppliers and the robot’s AI remain…
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Anthropic commits $11.6 billion to Akamai’s cloud; Akamai grants it a warrant for up to 5%
The CPU-focused deal could grow to about $20 billion. Akamai expects about $5.5 billion in capital spending to build the capacity and no revenue from the…
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Navy opens warfighting development center for robotic and autonomous systems
The new center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia will write tactics, train sailors and test uncrewed air, surface and undersea systems before…
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Amazon to spend $100 million on Indiana plant to build gear for its robotics network
The 585,000-square-foot Greenwood facility will add robotic welding, powder coating and assembly and employ 300 people by the end of 2028, Indiana officials said.
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Factory robots hit record 5 million worldwide; U.S. passes Japan as No. 2 market
China installed 354,000 industrial robots in 2025, 59% of the global total, while U.S. installations rose 12% to nearly 38,500 units, the International Federation of Robotics…
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GenAI.mil tops 2 million users in a week; Pentagon plans classified frontier models
The Pentagon’s chief AI officer said weekly logins topped 2 million, and a research and engineering official said frontier models will move onto secret and top-secret…
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Qualcomm agrees to buy PickNik, steward of open-source MoveIt robot software
Qualcomm said MoveIt will stay open-source and hardware-agnostic while gaining tighter integration with its Dragonwing robotics chips and Arduino boards. The announcement did not include terms.
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