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Policy

Massachusetts tells data centers: bring your own clean power or pay up

Governor Maura Healey has signed an order forcing large data centers to supply their own clean electricity, making Massachusetts the third state in three months to crack down on the industry's appetite for power.

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Robotics

Meet the Robot Bricklayer That Learned the Hard Way About Black Bricks

A U.S. construction startup called Monumental is sending teams of robots to lay bricks on real sites. What it has discovered on the job is reshaping how the industry thinks about automation.

4 min read
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Everyday AI

Apple says its new always-on audio features never record you. Here is how.

A dedicated security chip in the new Apple Watch processes your voice and sounds in a sealed compartment, then discards the raw audio instantly. Apple says even Apple cannot hear it.

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Everyday AI

Apple's New Watch Features Raise Privacy Concerns

Apple's latest watches can transcribe speech and summarize nearby conversations without storing raw audio. Not everyone finds that reassuring.

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AI Security

US agencies name six Chinese AI firms accused of copying American frontier models at industrial scale

The NSA, CISA, and FBI say DeepSeek and five other Chinese companies have been extracting capabilities from US AI models since late 2024, potentially saving billions in development costs.

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Robotics

Unitree's stock has lost half its value since its first day of trading. Here's why that's complicated.

The Chinese robotics company behind a $13,500 humanoid robot is profitable, shipping thousands of units, and still worth $30 billion. So why are investors pulling back?

4 min read
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Everyday AI

Apple wants to prove your iPhone photo is real with a new hardware-level authentication feature

The iPhone 18 Pro will 'sign' every pixel its camera captures, creating a tamper-evident reference image you can compare against edited versions.

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Everyday AI

Apple construyó la bisagra de su primer teléfono plegable con IA e impresión 3D

La pieza móvil más crítica del Duo fue emparejada, escaneada e impresa por máquina, una muestra de cuánto ha avanzado la IA más allá del software hacia la fabricación física.

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AI Security

I Turned a Guardrail-Free AI Loose on My Home Network. Here Is What It Found.

A writer let an unrestricted AI security agent scan his own devices. It broke into a Linux PC, exposed a misconfigured printer, and then walked him through every fix.

4 min read
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Health

Apple's Health App Will Now Tell You Your 'Health Age' and How Ready Your Body Is Today

A revamped Apple Health app uses Apple's on-device AI to turn your watch and phone data into a single readiness score, a biological age estimate, and personalised coaching tips.

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AI Business

Cómo los Agentes de IA Ayudaron a Reescribir 40.000 Líneas de Código Energético Antiguo

Mistral AI construyó un flujo de trabajo estructurado de agentes de IA para modernizar el software de simulación de la década de 1970 de una empresa de energía europea. Aquí está lo que funcionó, lo que falló y qué significa para las industrias que aún funcionan con código de décadas atrás.

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Policy

Microsoft Signs a Legally Binding AI Privacy Deal With America's Second-Largest Teachers Union

Ten enforceable rules will govern how Microsoft's AI tools handle student data in schools. Districts can opt in from November, with no need to renegotiate existing contracts.

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Robotics

El jefe de América del Norte de AGIBOT explicará cómo sacar robots humanoides del laboratorio en RoboBusiness 2026

Yinghao Song presentará el caso comercial real de robots para plantas de fabricación el 20 de octubre en Santa Clara, cubriendo costos, cadenas de suministro y qué se necesita para que los humanoides se paguen solos.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

Google DeepMind helped a 92-year-old couple 'see' the day they met, 70 years later

A new short film uses generative AI to rebuild a memory that was never photographed. The result is moving, and it raises real questions about what counts as a real memory.

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Robotics

Dentro del laboratorio de Montreal que entrena robots para trabajar en fábricas reales

La empresa canadiense de automatización Vention abrió un Laboratorio de IA Física en Montreal donde los robots aprenden de datos de producción en vivo, no solo de experimentos controlados.

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Policy

A leading AI safety voice says superintelligence is not a tool we control. It is an opponent.

Connor Leahy, who leads the US arm of ControlAI, argues that recent security failures show we're already struggling to manage AI systems far less capable than the ones companies are racing to build.

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AI Business

El nuevo modelo de previsión con IA de IBM puede predecir demanda, energía y tráfico sin entrenamiento en tus datos

IBM acaba de lanzar un modelo de IA gratuito y de uso comercial que puede hacer pronósticos listos para usar. Esto es lo que significa para empresas cansadas de herramientas de predicción personalizadas costosas.

3 min read
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AI Security

Your AI assistant now has its own email address. Here is what that changes.

Instinct, an AI agent valued at $2.5 billion, is giving every user a dedicated email address so the software can sign up for services, contact businesses, and chase follow-ups without ever touching your personal inbox.

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Everyday AI

El nuevo asistente de IA de Shipt convierte un mensaje de texto en un carrito de compras listo para comprar

Ask Shipt se une a Clementine de Instacart y herramientas de Uber Eats y DoorDash en una ola repentina de asistentes de compras con IA que llegan a las aplicaciones de entrega en 2026.

3 min read
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AI Business

AI spending growth nearly stalled in August. Should the big labs be worried?

New data from 70,000 companies shows businesses are still buying AI tools, but the pace of growth has slowed sharply, and prices are falling faster than usage is rising.

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Policy

AI Could Kill Us All, Some Experts Warn. Should You Believe Them?

In 48 hours, leading researchers and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic compared advanced AI to nuclear weapons and Chornobyl. Here is what they actually said, and what it means.

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