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FCC Grants Intel a One-Year Waiver to Keep Repairing Its Fab Robots
The FCC gave Intel a one-year waiver to repair robotic vehicles in its US chip plants, after Intel said the foreign robot ban might cover them.
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RobCo Joins the Billion-Dollar Club: What the German Robot Maker Builds, and Why Investors Are Buying In
German industrial robot maker RobCo has closed a $40 million round that values it at more than $1 billion, with most shares sold by current and former employees. Here is what it makes and why the deal structure matters.
Moonshot’s Own Tests Put Kimi K3.1 Pro at 65.7% on Terminal-Bench
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro is live with a 1M-token context. Its own tests put it near Claude Opus 5.5 on coding; open weights are due by 4 November.
Claude Gets a Second Google Cloud Option, Run by Anthropic Itself
Google Cloud customers can now run Claude on a version operated by Anthropic, with new features on day one, but Anthropic, not Google, processes the data.
Zoom Buys Onyx to Add Open-Source Enterprise Search to Zoom AI
Zoom has acquired Onyx, an open-source enterprise search platform, and says it will stay open source and self-hostable. No price was disclosed.
Freenow and Baidu Unveil RT6 Robotaxi in London, Aim for 2027 Launch
Freenow by Lyft and Baidu's Apollo Go showed the RT6 robotaxi in London on 22 October and aim to launch a driverless ride service in the city in 2027.
Mobilint to Build Humanoid Robot AI Chips in Korea’s ₩800bn Programme
South Korean chip designer Mobilint is leading a humanoid robot AI chip project in a ₩800bn state programme, with testing planned on LG Electronics robots.
NHTSA Proposes Up to 8 Cyan Lamps to Show When a Car Drives Itself
NHTSA has proposed optional cyan marker lamps for self-driving cars, four to eight per vehicle, and would drop manual light controls in cars without them.
Shanghai AI Lab Releases Atria Dawn Open Weights With 512K Context
Shanghai AI Lab has posted full Atria Dawn weights on Hugging Face under MIT, with 512K context. Its own table has it trailing Opus 5 on SWE-bench Pro.
Tech for Good This Week: AI Diagnosis, Cleaner Grids and Scam Busts
Batteries beat gas at Australia's evening peak, a personalised mRNA therapy cut melanoma risk 42% and police hit scam networks: the week's tech for good.
AI Eye Exams Closed a Youth Diabetes Screening Gap, Study Says
A Johns Hopkins trial found AI eye exams at diabetes clinics lifted youth screening to 98-99.5% and closed a White v non-White gap - but only in Baltimore.
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