It’s Not A Roomba: Humanoid Robots And Their Future On Earth

Robotics experts debate humanoids, specialized machines, human-machine integration, and radically different futures for humanity and personhood.

OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Terra model gets Astra-like results for one-tenth the price

Nearly a month after announcing the GPT-6.1 Sol model, OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Terra today. The latest addition to the family focuses on computer use, visual reasoning, coding, and professional work, while costing 50% less through the API than GPT-5.6 …

Jensen Huang Says Open Models Can Beat The Frontier. Here’s How

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes open models can beat the frontier. Alice, AI21 Labs and Inflection finetuned Nemotron to find out how.

Skydance offers staff buyouts after Warner Bros merger
Skydance offers staff buyouts after Warner Bros merger

Skydance, the company formed by Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering some employees voluntary buyouts as it looks to cut costs. Co-chief executives David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz announced the programme in a memo to staff on…

My iPhone Duo In-Store Experience Almost Has Me Convinced I Need One

Quite simply, you’ve got to play with Apple’s folding iPhone to really understand its appeal.

Before Healthcare Can Trust AI Agents, It Has To Trust Its Data

Discover why trusted data, secure storage and reliable infrastructure are essential for healthcare organizations to scale agentic AI safely and effectively.

HPE is sending its most powerful AI compute platforms to the Moon aboard an all-new lunar rover

HPE is working with NASA to aim beyond the International Space Station and put its Spaceborne Computer on the Moon.

Elon Musk says debt markets have shut out neoclouds and few will survive
Elon Musk says debt markets have shut out neoclouds and few will survive

Shares in CoreWeave, Nebius and Iren fell in early trading on Monday after Elon Musk wrote that most neoclouds will not survive. All three rebounded later in the day, as Arjun Kharpal reported for CNBC. Neoclouds rent out AI computing power, mostly Nvi…

BMW’s new iX5 looks like a big upgrade next to the old X5 [Images]
BMW’s new iX5 looks like a big upgrade next to the old X5 [Images]

BMW’s new iX5 is hard to miss with its distinct Double-X headlights. Here’s how it stacks up against the outgoing X5, side by side.

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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper model for everyday computer work
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper model for everyday computer work

OpenAI on Monday released GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and cheaper AI model built for the routine computer work that fills most office days. It replaces GPT-5.6 Terra and sits in the middle of OpenAI’s range, below Sol and Astra but above Luna. The main cha…