The Reinforcement Gap — or why some AI skills improve faster than others
AI coding tools are getting better fast. If you don’t work in code, it can be hard to notice how much things are changing, but…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Solving the labor crisis: How community colleges fuel the robotics workforce
Mechatronics programs at community colleges attract and educate a broad mix of students. Credit: Sierra College The high-tech industry, particularly the robotics sector, faces a…
If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs
New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than…
Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Agriculture is a thirsty industry, consuming 70% of all fresh water used worldwide. In some countries, like India or Chile, it can be more than…
Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls
OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora. Prior to Sora’s launch this week,…
Diligent Robotics adds two members to AI advisory board
From left to right, Siddhartha Srinivasa and Zhaoyin Jia. | Source: Diligent Robotics Diligent Robotics Inc., which provides the Moxi mobile manipulator for hospitals, this…
Driving Hai Robotics’ U.S. expansion
In Episode 215 of The Robot Report Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the major robotics news of the week. Adrian Stoch, CEO,…
With its latest acqui-hire, OpenAI is doubling down on personalized consumer AI
OpenAI has acquired Roi, an AI-powered personal finance app. In keeping with a recent trend in the AI industry, only the CEO is making the jump. Chief executive…
Sources: Naveen Rao’s new AI hardware startup targets $5B valuation with backing from a16z
Naveen Rao, who was formerly the head of artificial intelligence at Databricks, is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation for…
What to expect at OpenAI’s DevDay 2025, and how to watch it
OpenAI is gearing up to host its third-ever annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on Monday. The company says more than 1,500 people are scheduled to…