DeepMind Says Its Robot Model Hit 96 Percent on Mercedes Lines, but the Last 4 Percent Is Hard
Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2.5 helped Apptronik humanoids sort car parts on live Mercedes-Benz lines with a 96% success rate in a pilot. The model is only going to partners, and a DeepMind dire
Microsoft Researchers Say Fewer Than 10 Edited Neurons Can Hide a Backdoor in an AI Agent
Microsoft researchers say a technique called Lazarus can hide a backdoor in an AI agent by editing a handful of dormant neurons, with no retraining. Microsoft says it has not seen attackers use it, and i
OpenAI Retires Two ChatGPT Voice Modes on December 11 as GPT-Live Takes Over
OpenAI will retire Advanced and Standard Voice in ChatGPT on December 11, moving remaining users to GPT-Live, the voice model it launched in July. Live video and screen-sharing will keep running on the o
SoftBank Posts a 7 Billion Dollar Quarterly Loss After Writing Off AI Power Equipment
SoftBank Group swung to a 7 billion dollar quarterly loss after writing off 3.73 billion dollars in US power equipment it no longer plans to use for AI data centers, plus losses on an Intel stock hedge.
Tencent Launches Yuanbao Search With 50 Billion Documents, Skipping a Fight With Baidu
Tencent launched Yuanbao Search on Wednesday, an AI search platform indexing more than 50 billion documents that it is licensing to other companies through an API rather than competing head on with Baidu
Microsoft Will Switch On Claude by Default for UK Copilot Tenants Unless Admins Opt Out
From December 9, UK Microsoft Copilot tenants that never chose a setting will get Anthropic's Claude switched on, and The Register says Microsoft's documentation puts Anthropic's processing in the United
