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OpenAI Accelerates Robotics Research in Pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence

Sep 16, 2025

WIRED

OpenAI intensifies robotics research, hiring experts in humanoid robots and algorithms, with job listings signaling focus on teleoperation and simulation for robot training, accelerating pursuit of artificial general intelligence.

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Anthropic AI Services Face Outage, Developers 'Code Like Cavemen' Amid Disruption

Sep 14, 2025

Startup Ecosystem Canada

Anthropic, a leading AI company, experiences a 30-minute service outage, disrupting its AI infrastructure including Claude.ai, API, and coding tools, forcing developers to temporarily 'code like cavemen' without AI assistance, highlighting the tech industry's reliance on AI.

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AI Drone Swarms Reshape Battlefield Combat, US Hiring Slows After Tariffs, Ellison Heir Eyes Warner Bros

Sep 14, 2025

ft

AI-powered drone swarms revolutionize warfare tactics as the US labor market cools amid Trump's tariffs, while billionaire Larry Ellison's daughter pursues acquisition of Warner Bros to reshape Hollywood.

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Defence Tech Startups Anduril and Helsing Disrupt Industry, Fuel AI Arms Race

Sep 14, 2025

The Observer

Disruptive AI defence tech startups Anduril and Helsing ignite an arms race, attracting $7bn in venture capital as global military spending skyrockets, challenging traditional prime contractors with cutting-edge autonomous systems and rapidly rising valuations.

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AI Coding Agent Autonomously Collaborates on GitHub Projects

Sep 13, 2025

The GitHub Blog

A groundbreaking AI coding agent autonomously collaborates on GitHub projects, seamlessly integrating into the pull request workflow to automate tasks like branch creation, commit writing, and code reviews, leveraging GitHub Actions for a secure, customizable development environment.

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Agentic Swarm Coding Emerges as Dominant Paradigm for Enterprise Software Development

Sep 13, 2025

Venturebeat

Agentic swarm coding, where multiple AI agents coordinate to build software, emerges as the dominant paradigm for enterprise software development, replacing vibe coding and transforming developers into high-level architects overseeing AI-powered engineering teams.

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Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotators, Shifts Focus to AI Specialists

Sep 13, 2025

Business Insider

Elon Musk's AI company xAI lays off around 500 data annotators as it pivots towards employing specialized AI tutors, conducting assessments to identify workers' strengths for future roles.

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Apple Offers Extended Free Satellite Connectivity for iPhone 14, 15 and New Watch Ultra 3

Sep 11, 2025

The Verge

Apple extends free satellite connectivity for iPhone 14, 15 and new Watch Ultra 3 users, offering emergency SOS messaging via satellite until November 2026 for eligible devices activated before September 2025 in supported countries.

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Voice AI Startups Attract Massive Investor Interest, Valuations Skyrocket

Sep 10, 2025

Crunchbase News

Voice AI startups are experiencing a surge in investor interest and skyrocketing valuations as the technology, which enables natural human-computer interaction, is seen as a 'universal remote' for the digital world, with several companies tripling in value over the past year.

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Groundbreaking AI Model Learns from Physical World Interactions

Sep 10, 2025

GitHub

A pioneering artificial intelligence model, trained on real-world physical interactions, learns to adapt and generalize through a feedback loop between its virtual embodiment and the environment, with open-source WALL models enabling further research and applications.

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