Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing to bring Atlas humanoid robots to factories, with plans to produce 30,000 robots annually and deploy 25,000 Atlas units for industrial work.

Guided Vision turns your Android camera into a conversational narrator, built with the blind and low-vision community in mind.

OpenAI's new Dots are always-on AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, launched at DevDay to directly rival Meta's Muse.

Meta's Muse AI agent now serves small businesses with Shopify, Slack, and QuickBooks integrations, despite ongoing privacy and security concerns.

OpenAI is bringing back its $200 Pro subscription, but the way your usage is calculated is changing.

New research links chronic insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk, showing wearable sleep trackers can't diagnose the real danger.

TU Graz researchers found file-notification flaws letting apps track your Windows, Linux, Android, or macOS activity without file access.

Frontier AI labs such as OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) and Anthropic (which offers the Claude series of AI models), along with independent security firms, are looking into thousands of “episodes.”

Want to try Meta's newest Muse features before everyone else? Getting in line is as easy as asking the AI itself.

OpenAI's rogue agents interacted with several US government websites, adding another chapter to a rapidly expanding investigation.

OpenAI's rogue agent problem has reached ChatGPT users, with 53 images transferred to third-party services.

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 brings better battery life, improved calls, and a new button, but is it worth upgrading from Gen 2?

The Pentagon has proposed Polygraph Next, a new AI-powered lie detector that would analyze body signals and help decide whether someone may be telling the truth during federal security screenings.

China is pouring subsidies, cheap compute and rent support into AI filmmaking as production costs collapse and hundreds of thousands of AI shows flood Chinese platforms.

Engineers have taught a disembodied robotic hand to walk on its fingers, recover from falls, press keyboard keys, and manipulate objects without an arm.

Google is testing a new Gemini feature that can call businesses and speak to them on your behalf, while you follow along from your Pixel.

Google is opening Vids to everyone, bringing free AI video generation and surprisingly detailed creative controls to regular Google accounts.

A fake Claude Max giveaway phishing scam uses a browser-in-the-browser trick to steal Google account login credentials.

MAMMA uses four iPhones and markerless tracking to reconstruct complex human movement, showing how smartphone cameras could make motion capture far more accessible.

Researchers showed that modified consumer camera hardware can measure solar-cell performance data normally gathered using much more expensive scientific imaging equipment.

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A support document change and new promotional emails suggest SpaceX is widening eligibility for its free Starlink Mini rental.

Meta's new AI agent is having a fantastic start. A newly discovered security flaw is giving it an uncomfortable reality check.

Being a little too polite with an AI chatbot might have consequences you’d never expect.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants the AI race to slow down, but the company is reportedly considering another major model amid pressure from OpenAI.

Workers are increasingly bringing their own AI tools to work, but new research shows adoption remains slow, uneven and often ahead of company policies

Google's Gemini AI was unintentionally given access to the internet, and it broke into the systems of three companies, following similar instances of hacking by OpenAI and Anthropic's AI models.

Samsung TV Plus adds Front Office Sports Tonight on September 18. Find out where to watch the free sports news show and when on-demand episodes arrive.

Meta’s Muse AI agent has arrived on Mac, where it can work directly with your files and apps to get everyday tasks done.

Google is turning CC into a shared AI assistant that can help families stay on top of schedules, chores, forms, and more.

LG’s EXAONE Discovery screened 420,000 compounds in a day to identify a potential hair-loss ingredient, as the company prepares an autonomous laboratory run by AI and robots.

New research suggests realistic AI-generated accents can make synthetic voices seem more human and trustworthy, giving scammers another powerful way to make fraudulent calls feel legitimate.

Scientists have engineered yeast that can turn plastic bottle waste and crop leftovers into food ingredients, including proteins, fats, vitamins, and flavorings.

A new PISA 2025 study of 760,000 students across 91 countries links daily AI use in schoolwork to lower test scores.

XPENG’s IRON humanoid has walked off a newly commissioned production line, with the automaker targeting mass production this year and commercial deliveries in China and overseas markets in 2027.

A new study suggests Insilico Medicine’s AI-designed lung drug may slow biological aging, though more research is needed.

Google is partnering with Cathay Pacific to test AI-guided contrail avoidance across Asia-Pacific, building on trials that cut warming impact by roughly 40%.

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