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China is employing armies of human ‘cyber laborers’ to train humanoid robots
China is trying to address a key bottleneck in its national push for embodied artificial intelligence by employing human laborers to train humanoid robots. Local governments have reportedly established dozens of “robot training centers” as part of a concerted effort to generate much-needed movement data for autonomous humanoid machines. In an exclusive report, Rest of ...
Google’s Gmail is getting a Gemini-inspired overhaul with AI priorities, summaries and more
Google LLC is making some sweeping changes to Gmail, integrating Gemini-powered artificial intelligence capabilities throughout its flagship email service in an effort to transform it into a “personal, proactive inbox assistant.” The updates introduced today represent one of the company’s most aggressive pushes towards normalizing AI automation so far and will likely escalate its growing ...
Samsung forecasts record-breaking profit on booming AI chip demand
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is expecting to cash in big time on the artificial intelligence chip bonanza, forecasting a three-fold increase in its fourth-quarter operating profit thanks to surging demand for memory chips. Samsung’s preliminary fourth-quarter earnings forecast underscores the dramatic increase in memory chip prices as manufacturers scramble to keep up with intense demand. ...
Chip designer Arm targets robotics with new Physical AI business
Chip design company Arm Holdings Plc has created a new Physical AI business unit that’s going to be focused on developing semiconductors for robotics and intelligent cars. The announcement was made today at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where robots have been a major theme, along with “physical AI” models aimed at improving how they ...
Chinese regulators probe Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus
Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of the Chinese-founded but now Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup Manus hasn’t gone unnoticed, as the deal is reportedly being scrutinized by Beijing regulators over alleged export control law violations,. But it’s unclear whether they’d be able to prevent the acquisition from going ahead. The Financial Times reported that Chinese ...
Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without permission
Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent. The tools in question include “Shop Direct,” which is a feature that allows Amazon customers to browse products from other brands’ websites on ...
Photonic raises $130M to scale quantum computers with entanglement-based networking
Canadian quantum computing startup Photonic Inc. said today it has closed on CAD$180 million ($130 million) in funding as part of the first phase of its latest investment round. The company said it’s aiming to raise much more in the coming months as it looks to scale up its quantum entanglement-based networking technology for quantum ...
Marvell buys network switching specialist XConn for $540M to boost its AI story
Chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc.’s stock moved higher today after the company announced plans to acquire the network interconnect startup XConn Technologies Holdings Inc. in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $540 million. XConn is a maker of interconnect switching technologies for artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure. The addition will help to strengthen Marvell’s own switching ...
Lenovo launches new ThinkSystem servers dedicated to AI inference
Lenovo Group Ltd. is pushing to become the workhorse of the artificial intelligence industry after unveiling a slate of new, enterprise-grade server systems specifically for AI inference workloads. The new servers are the latest additions to Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio. They underscore how the AI industry is moving away from its focus on training ...
AI lending startup Pluto Financial raises $8.6M to unlock illiquid private equity capital
A startup called Pluto Financial Technologies Inc. said today it has raised $8.6 million and secured hundreds of millions of dollars in lending capacity to help investors in private equity unlock the value held in these illiquid assets. The round was led by Motive Ventures and saw backing from Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, ...