AI & Robotics

OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT into a 'superapp' that bundles coding tools, AI agents, and partner integrations like Canva and Booking.com, moving beyond simple chat.

Microsoft disabled over 70 GitHub repositories after hackers injected malware that steals credentials from AI coding tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI.

Microsoft Research unveils Lens, a 3.8B parameter text-to-image model that matches 80B rivals using one-fifth the compute, thanks to 800M detailed captions and smart architecture.

After years of anticipation, Apple finally launches Siri AI at WWDC 2026, powered by Google's Gemini for agentic capabilities across apps and devices.

In a wide-ranging podcast interview, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman discusses the imminent arrival of superintelligence, his criticism of Anthropic's anthropomorphism, and why he believes AI will augment rather than

AGIBOT's World Challenge 2026 at ICRA 2026 shifted embodied AI evaluation from simulation scores to closed-loop testing on real robots, with 526 teams competing across two tracks.

Sakana AI has created a dedicated lab for recursive self-improvement, arguing that AI systems that improve their own foundations could offer an alternative to the compute arms race.

Alibaba has introduced Qwen3.7-Plus, a multimodal model built to see, click, code, and operate software inside a single agent loop, signaling a sharper push toward autonomous AI systems.

Google used its May 2026 product cycle to position Gemini as a more proactive system, spanning coding, creation, shopping, health and new hardware.

Top AI and science figures want Congress to require screening of synthetic DNA orders, warning that AI is lowering barriers to dangerous biological know-how.

Google is adding AI search controls and reporting in Search Console as regulators pressure the company to give publishers more say over AI-generated results.

Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 12B brings native text, image, and audio processing to consumer laptops, narrowing the gap between local and cloud AI workflows.

Anthropic has confidentially filed a draft IPO registration with the SEC, signaling that one of the leading frontier AI companies is preparing for a public-market future.

Google says teams used Gemini and other AI tools to help create films, visuals, and event elements for Google I/O 2026, presenting the conference as an internal showcase for AI-assisted production.

OpenAI has rebuilt its robotics team, starting with infrastructure tasks while CEO Sam Altman describes a longer-term goal of personal robots for everyone.

An Anthropic study found large disparities in coding-agent adoption across social science, with gaps by gender, field, career stage, and university rank.

Anthropic reportedly prohibits AI assistance in live job interviews unless explicitly allowed, as the company tries to evaluate how applicants reason on their own.

New research from Kaikaku.AI argues that food recommendation systems should distinguish between ingredients that appear together in recipes and those that are chemically similar.

MISUMI has launched MISUMI Americas as part of a $1 billion investment plan, pairing its precision parts business with Fictiv’s AI-powered digital manufacturing platform.

Mathematician Terence Tao argues AI and formal verification could finally let mathematics adopt a real division of labor, provided automation is paired with rigorous checking.