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Robot Orders Rise 21% in Q2 as Demand Spreads Beyond Automotive
North American companies ordered 8,940 robots worth $622 million in the second quarter, with semiconductors and life sciences leading growth.
Army AI Contract Dispute Could Force Disclosure Rules
TRAX International claims AI hallucinations tainted a $450M bid evaluation, setting up a legal test that may reshape procurement transparency.
NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard
New 30B-parameter model and routing library aim to optimize multi-agent AI systems across deployment environments.
35% of U.S. Workers Now 'Disposable,' MIT Research Finds
A new study reveals how employers are reducing commitment to more than a third of the workforce, with AI poised to accelerate the shift.
Riot Platforms Signs $9B Anthropic Deal, Pivots to AI Hosting
The bitcoin miner will lease 191 megawatts of Texas power capacity to the AI company in a 20-year agreement that marks a broader industry shift.
Anthropic to Watermark All Claude AI Output Starting This Week
The company will embed invisible signatures in text and images to comply with EU transparency rules, sparking immediate user backlash.
River AI Raises $1.1B to Build Personally Trainable AI Agents
The two-month-old startup from an xAI co-founder wants to reinvent how models are trained so users control their own AI assistants.
Spotify to Label AI-Generated Artists, Exclude Them From Recommendations
The streaming platform will identify AI personas with profile badges and keep their music out of editorial and algorithmic playlists starting next month.
Memory Chips Now the Primary AI Infrastructure Bottleneck
SpaceX CEO identifies supply constraints that could sustain pricing power for chipmakers through 2027 and beyond.
Manus AI Exits Meta Ownership After China Orders Divestiture
The Chinese startup will delete some user data and resume independent operations following Beijing's forced unwinding of Meta's $2 billion acquisition.
TaskUs Q2 Growth Accelerates Outside Top Client
Morgan Stanley notes resilient core business performance as company navigates automation pressures from largest customer.
First Orion cuts QA cycles 25% with Amazon Nova Act agents
Branded communications firm replaces brittle Selenium scripts with natural-language test automation that survives UI changes.
AI Capex Impact on GDP Smaller Than Bulls and Bears Claim
Goldman Sachs analysis finds Big Tech's AI spending contributes less to economic growth—and crowds out less investment—than market narratives suggest.
Target names Chandhu Nair as first chief AI officer
The retail giant taps a Lowe's executive to lead AI strategy as competition intensifies among major retailers investing in generative AI tools.
Robot Orders Rise 4.3% in Q2 as Non-Automotive Sectors Drive Growth
North American manufacturers ordered nearly 9,000 robots worth $622 million, with semiconductors, life sciences, and food sectors offsetting automotive declines.
Blind Runner Completes NYC Half Marathon Using AI Glasses
Thomas Panek relied on Meta's smart eyewear to navigate the 13.1-mile course, marking a breakthrough for assistive technology in sports and daily life.
Nvidia Partners With Wall Street to Finance $500B in AI Loans
Chipmaker teams with Apollo, BlackRock, and others to turn computing hardware into a bankable asset class for startups and enterprises.
CVE Program turns to automation to handle AI-driven vulnerability surge
CISA and MITRE leaders say the global vulnerability database will scale despite unprecedented flood of AI-generated bug reports.
OpenAI Loses Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar After 10 Months
The departure leaves the AI giant without a dedicated ethicist as safety leadership continues to turn over.
Anthropic to Watermark All Claude AI Output Globally by 2026
The AI company will embed invisible markers in text and metadata in files to comply with EU transparency rules, affecting users worldwide.
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open-source AI model
The chipmaker's first open model since CEO Jensen Huang publicly championed the approach arrives weeks after his debut on X defending open AI.
Security researchers exploit Zoom flaw using AI in under 20 prompts
The vulnerability allowed attackers to hijack devices during meetings through Zoom's annotation feature, requiring no victim interaction.
Rockwell Automation Links Plex QMS With VisionAI for Quality
New API integration brings AI-powered visual inspection directly into quality management workflows, addressing the 80% accuracy ceiling of traditional methods.
Rockwell Automation Embeds AI Visual Inspection in Plex QMS
The integration with FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI brings automated defect detection and traceability directly into manufacturing quality workflows.