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Fujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in ‘physical AI’
39+ min ago (427+ words) The technology area known as “physical AI” refers to smart, futuristic robots that can think on their own, not just follow programmed directions, to work safely alongside people in factories, homes and hospitals. The initiative was announced in Tokyo on…...
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and US elections, sources say
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (902+ words) Posted today at 1:45pm By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in U.S. elections that some Trump officials worry could be…...
As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (889+ words) Lawmakers in states with stronger climate policies don’t want data centers to hinder their goal of slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. In other states, environmental advocates and corporations with clean energy goals are working regulatory levers to push monopoly utilities…...
SpaceX and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jets
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (797+ words) Posted today at 4:04am By Doyinsola Oladipo and Allison Lampert NEW YORK/MONTREAL, July 9 (Reuters) – Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors…...
From space rocks to smartwatches, AI millionaires rewrite the luxury playbook
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (825+ words) Posted today at 4:04am By Danielle Kaye and Alessandro Parodi NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) – Sitting on roughly $3.5 million in SpaceX shares, Chip, a former data scientist at Elon Musk’s aerospace behemoth, has recently bought meteorites worth $10,000 and a $5,000 fire truck. The…...
UN’s Guterres warns AI outpacing oversight, urges global rules to protect children
1+ week, 3+ day ago (537+ words) Posted today at 1:25am GENEVA, July 6 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up, calling for globally harmonised rules to reduce potential risks – especially to children. “A technology that can…...
Bereaved South Koreans try AI-generated videos of deceased loved ones
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (966+ words) Posted today at 9:19pm Lee, 28, wrote a message and hired the Seoul-based tech company Vaice in December to make a short video clip showing a digital likeness of his grandfather delivering it. The virtual character called his father “my most precious…...
Wildfires kill a father and son in Greece and prompt evacuations in 2 villages
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (301+ words) Posted today at 8:19pm Firefighters on Wednesday identified a body found inside a home destroyed by the fire the previous day as that of the boy. His father’s body was found Tuesday outside the property, which was in a woodland area…...
US energy chief exhorts data center backers to push back against opponents
2+ week, 1+ day ago (258+ words) Posted today at 11:41am WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday urged supporters of data centers at an Amazon Web Services conference to push back against critics, saying concerns about the facilities are “overblown.” Wright listed concerns that…...
Nvidia’s AI chip sales in China stall, as local chipmakers like Huawei take the lead
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1147+ words) Jensen Huang, the CEO of computer chip giant Nvidia, was mobbed by onlookers as he hit the streets for the “zhajiangmian” noodles while visiting Beijing during U.S. President Donald Trump’s May summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. But his…...