AI & Robotics

SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence startup Runway announced Monday that its latest video model, Gen 4.5, has surpassed competitors from Google and OpenAI in a widely recognized independent benchmark.  The model allows users to generate high definition videos from written prompts, capturing complex motions, human interactions and camera movements with remarkable precision. Runway CEO Cristóbal … Read more

Tokyo — SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp. to free up capital for large scale artificial intelligence investments, including a significant commitment to OpenAI.  Speaking at a Tokyo forum Monday, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son expressed personal regret over the sale, saying, “I was crying to sell Nvidia shares.” SoftBank’s decision came … Read more

London — ChatGPT-5, one of the most advanced AI chatbots developed by OpenAI, has been found to provide potentially dangerous guidance to users experiencing mental health crises, according to research conducted by King’s College London and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK.  The findings raise concerns about the risks posed by AI tools to vulnerable … Read more

Google’s rapid progress with its latest artificial intelligence system, Gemini 3, has triggered rare public reactions from Nvidia and OpenAI, underscoring the shifting dynamics of the global AI competition.  The focus keyword Gemini 3 surfaced prominently in industry discussions after the model climbed to the top of several benchmark leaderboards, prompting rivals to weigh in … Read more

JERUSALEM — Researchers in Israel are deploying artificial intelligence to transcribe and analyze a massive collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza, hoping to shed new light on a thousand years of Jewish history.  The project aims to make accessible documents that have been largely untouched since their discovery more than a century … Read more

Europe’s measured approach to artificial intelligence development and data center expansion could position it uniquely in the global AI race, industry experts said, even as the region faces constraints that limit rapid scaling.  While the United States and China dominate in investment and sheer infrastructure capacity, European countries are carefully navigating energy availability, grid constraints, … Read more

Alibaba’s AI glasses went on sale Thursday in China, marking the company’s latest effort to expand its presence in the fast growing consumer artificial intelligence sector.  The device, which integrates Alibaba’s Qwen AI system, enters a market increasingly shaped by competition from global rivals including Meta and domestic players such as Xiaomi. The launch of … Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday that the Tesla robotaxi fleet in Austin will roughly double in December, marking one of the company’s fastest expansions since its self driving service launched in the city in June.  The announcement, made on X, signaled the electric vehicle maker’s intensified push to scale autonomous … Read more

BEIJING — Sitting in his new Beijing office, AI2 Robotics founder and CEO Eric Guo reflected on the stark reality of building advanced machines in an uneven global funding landscape.  While US humanoid robotics firm Figure secured a $1 billion round at a $39 billion valuation this year, Guo said Chinese AI startups face tighter … Read more

Shares of Nvidia, AMD and Super Micro Computer fell sharply Wednesday as intensifying competition in the artificial intelligence hardware market rattled investors and overshadowed broader gains in the technology sector.  The declines came amid reports that Google and Meta are expanding their chip ambitions, raising fresh questions about how long Nvidia can maintain its dominant … Read more