AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit
“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Physical AI takes center stage at RoboBusiness
RoboBusiness, which takes place Oct. 15-16 in Santa Clara, Calif., will feature the inaugural Physical AI Forum. It will touch on a range of topics…
NotebookLM’s Video Overview feature now supports 80 languages
Google announced on Monday that it updated NotebookLM’s Video Overviews feature to support 80 languages, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. The company also upgraded…
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion
Elon Musk’s X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, alleging that the two companies are colluding to stifle competition. “In…
NVIDIA Jetson Thor bring 2K teraflops of AI compute to robots
NVIDIA today announced general availability of its Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules for robotics and physical AI applications. With demand growing for…
Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms
Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley veterans putting more than $100 million into a network of political-action committees (PACs)…
Robomart unveils new delivery robot with $3 flat fee to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats
Robomart, a startup that builds self-driving delivery robots, is unveiling its latest robot with an ambitious goal of using it to make on-demand delivery profitable.…
Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2025
The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors…
Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5
Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available…
How to make robots predictable with a priority based architecture and a new legal model
A Tesla Optimus humanoid robot walks through a factory with people. Predictable robot behavior requires priority-based control and a legal framework. Credit: Tesla Robots are…