AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’? | TechCrunch
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence? And how many of…
Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok
Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok. The Southeast Asian countries banned Grok after it was used…
India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads
As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, India has offered foreign cloud providers zero taxes through 2047 on services sold outside the country…
What evolving robot standards mean for implementations of cobots
New standards for force- and power-limited robots are intended to improve safety. Source: IDEC Industrial automation continues as a fast-growing market, with manufacturers and end…
Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’s $100B OpenAI investment has stalled
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Saturday that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.” Huang’s comments came after The Wall…
Top 10 robotics developments of January 2026
The robotics industry hit the ground running in January 2026. The year kicked off with CES, which brought an avalanche of news, and the momentum…
Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that’s a slightly different color than the…
OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network
The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal challenge from Claude’s maker, Anthropic, it had…
First patient enrolls in clinical trial for Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton
The Atalante X self-supporting exoskeleton is being tested for clinical use. Source: Wandercraft Robotics and wearable technologies show promise in helping patients in rehabilitation. The…
Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork
Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant Claude Code and transform it…