Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body
Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 can control a humanoid robot's entire body, expanding beyond the previous model's upper-body focus to full-body motion.
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Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents
Microsoft Research presents Echoverse, which trains computer-use agents in realistic, evolving environments rather than relying on more training tasks to improve multi-step workflow performance.
Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price
Friend has relaunched its AI pendant, adding a speaker so the device can talk aloud rather than only messaging back, now sold at double the previous price.
Introducing explicit prompt caching for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna are generally available on Amazon Bedrock, now with explicit prompt caching that lets users choose which prompt parts to cache and reuse.
Nscale buys Anyscale as it seeks to own more of the AI compute stack
Nscale, a British AI neocloud, is acquiring Anyscale, a software startup that helps companies scale AI workloads across data centers and servers.
GPU Management: Why Idle GPUs Are the New Grounded Aircraft
A Hugging Face Blog post addresses GPU management, framing idle GPUs as a costly problem akin to grounded aircraft.
Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot …
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics ER 2, a model aimed at helping robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world tasks through improved video understanding and tool orchestration.
Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession
Enterprises are competing to hire forward-deployed engineers, with a new study estimating only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI at scale.
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
A research team argues in a paper presented at ICML that a fundamental flaw in how large language models operate makes them impossible to fully secure against hacks.
Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT-5.6
OpenAI announced lower GPT-5.6 pricing for its Luna and Terra offerings, positioning more efficient models to support enterprise AI workflows at scale.
Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever
Microsoft has pitched its homegrown AI models, harnesses, and a Mythos competitor to Wall Street, positioning itself in more direct competition with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Zuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agents
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors on the company's second-quarter earnings call that its enterprise AI opportunity spans agents, APIs, compute, and internal software.