19 Jun 2026
Claude Learned to Operate Robodog on Its Own
Anthropic showcased a robot controlled by Claude. The AI model outperformed the company’s employees at working with it. However, the chatbot still failed to successfully complete the experiment’s final task.
18 Jun 2026
Sensors, head-mounted cameras, recordings: Humans are helping Chinese tech companies train robots
Daniel Wang came home to his apartment in Beijing and saw a humanoid robot waiting for him. He opened the door, and the robot got to work. The robot, developed by Shenzhen-based X Square Robot, moved slowly. It spent an hour folding about three pieces of clothing, and another arranging Wang’s shoes. Most of the actual chores were done by a human housekeeper who accompanied it. But the robot’s…
18 Jun 2026
If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
In a viral essay about how ludicrous the idea that LLMs are conscious is, science fiction writer Ted Chiang asked us to consider Microsoft Word: “Being open to the possibility that LLMs are conscious is the same as being open to the possibility that Microsoft Word is conscious, or, more precisely, that multiple distinct consciousnesses are dormant in every Word document containing a…
18 Jun 2026
Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You
AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer jerseys, collating thousands of on-field data points, and even guarding venues in the form of robot surveillance dogs that presumably can’t be bribed with sausage. Yet for all its busywork, AI remains blissfully ignorant on the one metric that matters: who wins and who loses.
18 Jun 2026
AI chiefs call for regulation collaboration at the G7 summit
Once the footwear company of choice for fleece vest types in the late 2010s, Allbirds is now an AI infrastructure company, naturally. The firm on Wednesday renamed itself Smartbird and appointed former AWS exec Nadia Carlsten as chief executive. BIRD shares popped 39% on the news, albeit from a low (sub $4) baseline, valuing the revamped company at about $48 million, or about one-thousandth the…
18 Jun 2026
Google Is Secretly Winning The AI Race. Here Is What You Need To Know..
Google is securing its lead in the AI race not through standalone chatbots, but by seamlessly embedding powerful artificial intelligence into the digital infrastructure that billions of people and businesses rely on daily.
18 Jun 2026
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding Robotics training infrastructure startup XDOF said today it has raised $70 million in funding to try to solve one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence: teaching machines the skills they need to safely navigate and work in the real world.
18 Jun 2026
Using AI to help physicians diagnose rare genetic diseases affecting children
Even with genomic sequencing, many people with rare diseases never receive a clear genetic diagnosis. Roughly half remain undiagnosed after extensive testing and specialist review. Their medical data may contain clues but finding them can require sifting through thousands to millions of possible genetic variants, fragmented clinical records, and rapidly changing scientific literature. As new…
17 Jun 2026
Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies
Researchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report by OALABS (Open Analysis) researchers bears that out. After recovering and analyzing over 1,000 agent sessions from a compromised server on which an attacker deployed Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex agents, the researchers discovered how easily the attacker was…
