Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six months

Amazon said Blue Jay’s core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.

Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos

Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It’s free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker.
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Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling

Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when called on to act as companions, therapists, medical advisors, and so on—to be scrutinized with the same kind of rigor as their ability to code or do math. As LLMs improve, people are asking them to play more…

Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests — 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only for 90 minutes a week

A survey of 6,000 executives reveals a significant productivity disconnect, where 80% of firms report no measurable improvement to operations with the use of AI, while a third of senior leaders only use the technology them…

The robots who predict the future
The robots who predict the future

To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying to see the future, whether through the lens of past experience or the logic of cause and effect, has helped us hunt, avoid being hunted, plant crops, forge social bonds, and in general survive in a world that does not…

AMD denies report of MI455X delays as Nvidia VR200 systems are rumored to arrive early — company says Helios systems ‘on target for 2H 2026’

AMD’s Helios rack-scale solution based on the MI455X accelerators, the company’s major hope for AI market, may slip to 2027, whereas Nvidia may speed up roll out of the Vera Rubin platform if the latest market rumors are t…

Sony’s new tech can sniff out original songs in plagiarized AI-generated music

Sony has built new tech that can spot real, copyrighted songs inside AI-generated music, helping artists see how much their work influenced AI tracks and potentially get paid for it.
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Japanese toilet maker ‘the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary,’ investors claim — shares up nearly 40% in first two months of 2026

A company most famous for toilets and bidets is seeing meteoric stock growth due to demand for its advanced ceramics products.

Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026

Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026 with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more.

IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends — Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human touch

IBM is tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to a new report. This stands in stark contrast to many of the country’s largest firms, especially in the tech world, which have conducted large-scale la…