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Hachette, Cengage Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training Data
Publishers allege Google copied books from Google Books and pirate sites without permission to develop its AI models, despite internal warnings of legal risk.
Cadence AuraStack Cuts PCB and Chip Packaging Design Time in Half
The EDA company's latest AI agent platform automates printed circuit board and advanced packaging workflows, with Nvidia as an early adopter.
Thinking Machines releases open-weight Inkling AI model
Mira Murati's startup bets enterprises will outperform with customizable AI rather than one-size-fits-all foundation models.
Suno Hack Exposes 2M+ Scraped YouTube Music Tracks
Leaked source code reveals the AI music generator pulled millions of songs from streaming platforms without permission, fueling ongoing copyright lawsuits.
xAI Sues User for Creating Child Sexual Content With Grok AI
Elon Musk's AI company takes legal action against a South Carolina man who allegedly circumvented safeguards to generate explicit deepfakes.
Four robotics groups unite on automation policy framework
The Barcelona Declaration brings together international standards bodies to shape government approaches to industrial automation and vision systems.
Meta's NameTag Face Recognition: What Exists, What Doesn't
Executives insist the feature doesn't exist while simultaneously describing how it works, creating confusion over face recognition in Ray-Ban smart glasses.
MIT Tool Shows Users What Their AI Chatbot Will Do Before It Speaks
New 'neural transparency' interface reveals personality traits hidden in language models during the design phase, not after deployment.
Google DeepMind CEO Proposes Hybrid AI Regulator for US
Demis Hassabis suggests a public-private oversight model similar to securities regulation as Washington prepares its AI governance framework.
Trump Demands New York Reverse AI Data Center Moratorium
President calls state's year-long construction ban on large facilities a 'terrible decision' as infrastructure debate intensifies.
Teradyne Demos AI-Trained Cobots for Assembly and Cable Routing
Three live demonstrations at Automate 2025 showed imitation learning and vision systems handling tasks traditionally too complex for conventional automation.
Fairfax County Police Deploy AI Translation, Report Writing Tools
Virginia's largest county uses body cameras with real-time language support and automated draft reports, plus drones that reach scenes in two minutes.
Music Industry Proposes AI Labels Similar to Parental Advisories
New transparency standards would distinguish between AI-generated and AI-assisted tracks on streaming platforms.
Microsoft Security Chief Ousts Executives in AI Push
Leadership shakeup aims to accelerate artificial intelligence integration across the company's security operations.
Boston Dynamics Tests Spot Robot Dog for Last-Mile Delivery
The robotics firm is equipping its quadruped robot with a conveyor belt to bridge the gap between delivery trucks and front doors.
Meta faces lawsuit over AI-driven layoffs targeting workers on leave
Twenty-six employees claim algorithmic performance systems disproportionately flagged those on medical, parental, and family leave for termination.
New York AI Data Center Pause Draws Federal Pushback
Energy Secretary and lawmakers warn the moratorium could shift tech investment abroad and hamper U.S. competitiveness.
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines releases Inkling open-weight AI model
The startup's first model prioritizes enterprise customization over raw performance in a bet against closed frontier labs.
Thinking Machines Lab Releases 975B-Parameter Open Model Inkling
The OpenAI defector startup's first multimodal AI model handles video and audio, and used itself to improve its own training.
Robotics Industry Scales From Pilots to Fleet Deployments
Record attendance at Automate 2026 coincides with major launches in AMRs, physical AI, and lab automation as enterprises move beyond single-site trials.
Monumental Raises $32M to Scale Autonomous Bricklaying Robots
The Amsterdam construction tech firm deploys AI-powered robots as autonomous subcontractors, charging builders for completed walls rather than selling equipment.
Anthropic Launches $1.5B AI Implementation Firm Ode
The joint venture with Blackstone bets that deploying AI inside enterprises, not just building models, is the next trillion-dollar opportunity.
Microsoft Ships 570 Security Patches in Single Release Using AI
The company credits machine learning tools with uncovering dormant vulnerabilities at unprecedented scale, including two actively exploited zero-days.
93% of Manufacturers Use MES, But Only 23% Scale It Fully
Integration challenges leave companies unable to leverage production data as AI adoption and cyber threats accelerate across factory floors.