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Spot the robot can now read gauges.

Google said Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 is “our safest robotics model to date,” enabling robots to reason and understand their environments with “unprecedented precision.” That includes reading instruments like pressure gauges, which Boston Dynamics demonstrates with its dog-like robot, Spot.

A new type of AI camera coach.

I’ve not been convinced by the Pixel 10 Camera Coach, which gives basic tips like zooming in to frame your subject. But are Huawei’s new AI-based pose recommendations for the Pura 90 much better? Selfies aside, how is the person being photographed meant to see what’s on the phone anyway?

Building trust in the AI era with privacy-led UX

Reimagining data consent as an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time compliance concern.

Mini-Vibe Check: Claude Managed Agents Handle the Infrastructure Work

The case against LLMs, and new words for our AI age

Mini-Vibe Check: Claude Managed Agents Handle the Infrastructure Work

The case against LLMs, and new words for our AI age

Microsoft’s finally giving up on its massive Surface Hub touchscreen displays

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Sony Killing Features for Antenna, Set-Top Box Users of Bravia Smart TVs in May

Sony is removing some features from its recent Bravia smart TVs next month, a move that will affect people who use an antenna or a set-top box.

SoftBank makes a $5.4 billion bet on AI robots

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Countries are spending billions on “sovereign AI” efforts.

Given how fast the frontier is moving, why bother? Tzu Kit Chan, an AI strategist who advises the Malaysian government, told The Guardian countries would be better off beefing up regulations than making tech to compete with US giants.

Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust Appoints Vas Narasimhan to Board of Directors

Vas Narasimhan has been appointed to Anthropic's Board of Directors by the Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust. He is a physician-scientist and the Chief Executive Officer of Novartis—one of the world's leading innovative medicines companies—and shares Anthropic’s conviction that healthcare and life sciences are among the areas where AI has the greatest potential to improve the quality of human life.

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

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OpenAI expands access to cyber AI as hacking risks grow

Facing similar risks as Anthropic, OpenAI is trying a different strategy.