Niantic Spatial is turning 30 billion Pokémon Go player images into a centimeter-precise AI navigation system, now powering Coco Robotics' 1,000 delivery robots across US and European cities where GPS falls short.
Yann LeCun launches Paris-based AI startup Advanced Machine Intelligence, raising over $1 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation to build world models grounded in physical reality, challenging the dominance of large language models and targeting industries like manufacturing, robotics, and biomedical with open source AI solutions.
AI and robotics are rapidly empowering small groups and terrorist organizations to launch autonomous attacks using drones powered by open-source vision models, prompting urgent warnings from experts that policymakers must act now to criminalize violent AI fine-tuning and strengthen defenses before these threats become reality.
Humanoid robots marketed as autonomous are secretly being operated or trained by hidden human workers, sparking urgent ethical alarms over deceptive AI hype, exploitative labor practices, privacy violations, and dangerous public misconceptions that could mirror Tesla Autopilot's deadly consequences.
Industry 5.0 promises a human-centered manufacturing revolution blending AI, robotics, and sustainability, but a survey of 250 global leaders reveals most companies remain trapped in cost-cutting mode, failing to invest in the higher-value, human-centric use cases needed to unlock its full potential.
Honor stuns MWC Barcelona with a groundbreaking Robot Phone featuring an AI-powered robotic camera arm, a razor-thin Magic V6 foldable, and a humanoid robot built for real-world tasks like shopping assistance and workplace inspections.
Google absorbs Alphabet's robotics software company Intrinsic, signaling a major push into physical AI and factory automation by integrating it with Google DeepMind and Gemini AI to transform real-world manufacturing.
NVIDIA launches DreamDojo, a fully open-source robot world model trained on over 44,000 hours of human video that boosts real-world robot success rates by 17%, enabling real-time control across thousands of tasks without traditional physics engines.
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's World Labs secures $1 billion in funding at a $5 billion valuation from tech giants including Nvidia and AMD, as investors pivot from language models to spatial intelligence technology that could revolutionize robotics and autonomous vehicles.
China displays advanced humanoid robots performing flawless martial arts and dance routines on national television during the Spring Festival Gala, signaling technological dominance as the country's robotics industry reaches $932 billion with experts calling it strategic propaganda against US competition.