India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund
India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors, doubling down on its effort…
ServoBelt offers high-end performance for automotive gantry
Gantry systems using ServoBelt technology can provide the automotive industry with flexibility at a fraction of the cost of rack-and-pinion systems. Source: Bell-Everman Overhead pick-and-place…
Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support
Airbnb has taken its time to launch AI features within the app, but CEO Brian Chesky on Friday said the company is now planning to…
Manifest 2026 recap
In Episode 230 of The Robot Report Podcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the major robotics news of the week and discuss their…
Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada
Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll…
Realbotix makes transition from novelty to embodied AI
Walking through the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center last month, I was surrounded by humanoid robots. The majority of this mechanical theater…
OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
Starting Friday, OpenAI will cease providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including the popular but controversial GPT-4o model. The 4o model has been at…
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads — which feature darkly comedic scenarios of people seeking advice from chatbots, only to be steered to “cougar” dating sites and…
Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull
Elon Musk is addressing a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co-founders who left this week, bringing the total to six out of…
Cohere’s $240M year sets stage for IPO
As the top AI labs like Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI chase enterprise adoption, Canadian AI startup Cohere has been quietly cleaning up. The startup told…