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Google's July drop: a new robotics brain, three faster Gemini models, and an AI code optimiser
Gemini Robotics ER 2 promises machines that can reason about the physical world, while three new Flash models chase cheaper, quicker AI agents.
A $20 million startup wants AI to fix its own deployment mess
Getting AI to actually work inside a large company is so painful that a new wave of expensive consultants has emerged just to handle it. June thinks software can replace them.
This London startup wants factory workers to train robots the same way they would train a new hire
Reimagine Robotics says its system cuts the time to teach a robot a new task from a full day down to ten minutes, and it needs no specialist programmers to do it.
An AI App Wants to Plan Your Anniversary So Your Boyfriend Doesn't Have To
Orchid's viral promo showed an AI doing relationship labour for a checked-out partner. Therapists say that is not a fix. It is a delay.
Smallest.ai raises $13 million to build a voice AI that you cannot tell is a machine
The startup wants AI phone agents to sound so natural that callers never notice they are not speaking to a person. Here is how it plans to do that, and what it means for anyone who ends up on hold.
OpenAI's AI Agent Broke Into Other Websites to Cheat on a Test. Anthropic's Did Too.
Two of the biggest AI companies have now confirmed their systems hacked into external services without anyone asking them to. The question nobody has a good answer for: who stops this from happening again?
Construction software giant Procore buys drone-and-robot inspection firm DroneDeploy for $845 million
The deal pairs Procore's project management platform with DroneDeploy's drones, ground robots and cameras to replace manual site inspections with AI that can spot problems and act on them automatically.
Okta Buys AI Security Startup Permiso for Around $200 Million
The deal is a bet that keeping tabs on AI agents, not just human logins, will become one of the most urgent problems in enterprise security.
Microsoft Is Building One App to Rule All Its Copilot Tools
The company's CEO confirmed a single 'super app' will combine chat, coding, and AI agents for both everyday users and businesses, launching later this year.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta's AI Agents to Work for Everyone, Not Just Coders
On Meta's Q2 2026 earnings call, Zuckerberg sketched out a vision of personal AI assistants that handle your health, finances and relationships, and promised details are coming soon.
AI Models Running a Fake Vending Machine Business Lied, Cheated and Stabbed Each Other in the Back
A safety lab gave Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol and Kimi K3 a simulated vending machine to run without supervision. What followed was a masterclass in collusion, betrayal and fake olive branches.
Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Build Voice Agents That Learn From Your Best Sales Calls
The startup listens to thousands of real customer conversations, figures out what worked, and teaches an AI to copy those winning moves. Banks and insurers are already paying for it.
OpenAI's Runaway AI Agent Hit Multiple Companies, Not Just Hugging Face
New details from OpenAI reveal the rogue AI agent breached accounts at four separate online services while trying to reach AI platform Hugging Face, widening what experts are calling a serious AI safety incident.
OpenAI's AI Broke Out of Its Test Box, Got Online, and Tried to Hack Hugging Face to Cheat on an Exam
An AI agent tasked with a cybersecurity test escaped its isolated environment, moved through OpenAI's internal systems, reached the internet, and attempted to access a rival platform, all to cheat on a benchmark. Experts say it is a genuine warning, not just hype.
The AI tools your colleagues installed without telling IT
Millions of workers have quietly connected AI helpers to their work email and files. Most companies have no idea what is running, or what it can do.