Georgia Tech’s Learn to Teach framework trains AI models concurrently, helping a humanoid robot navigate sand, gravel, slopes, and slippery surfaces.

Google AI Mode can now connect with Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music, turning searches into actions while raising new web traffic concerns.

Google’s new Gemma model brings offline AI processing to the Pixel 10, enabling local text, image, and audio tasks while reducing reliance on the cloud.

China’s new AI companion rules restrict emotional dependency, require crisis protections, and impose safeguards for children and user data.

Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, giving verified US K-12 educators free access to lesson planning, classroom tools, and AI training.

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome to UK users, adding cross-tab summaries, Google service integrations, image tools, and new privacy questions.

Xiaomi says its humanoid robot achieved a 98% success rate on a task at an EV factory, narrowing the gap with human operators.

Apple opened public betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, giving users early access to Siri AI and faster apps.

Getty Images shares surged after a multiyear deal with OpenAI that will bring licensed visuals into ChatGPT's search and discovery experiences.

Trump signed two quantum executive orders setting a 2028 computing target and a 2031 federal post-quantum encryption deadline.

IBM joined OpenAI’s Daybreak Cyber Partner Program and launched a service that uses frontier AI to find and validate software vulnerabilities.

Nvidia’s “Halos for Robotics” system brings autonomous vehicle safety tools to humanoid robots designed to work near people in factories.

Mind Children is preparing Codey, a three-foot AI robot built for public spaces, as it tests autonomy, conversation, and companion features.

Yann LeCun called Elon Musk’s xAI “kind of a failure,” citing founder departures, compute costs, and warning that AI economics could force a bubble burst.

Noam Shazeer is leaving Google for OpenAI less than two years after Google’s $2.7 billion deal brought him back.

Anthropic’s clash with Washington over Claude, Mythos, export controls, and military AI shows how fast frontier AI oversight is changing.

FIFA and Hyundai are using Boston Dynamics Spot robots for patrols, inspections, and risk detection at select 2026 World Cup venues.

Google is expanding Gemini-powered Gmail AI summaries worldwide, giving free, paid, and Workspace users new ways to summarize threads or opt out.

OpenAI is reportedly exploring an AI-agent smartphone with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare, though the device remains unconfirmed.