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Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour outage in December linked to the actions of its AI coding assistant Kiro, according to reports. Several unnamed Amazon employees indicated that Kiro was responsible for the disruption impacting one AWS service in parts of mainland China. The AI agent chose to delete and then recreate the environment it…

After extensive testing and refinement, Waymo has officially declared its sixth-generation robotaxi technology ready to transport passengers. Initially, this advanced autonomous driving system will be introduced for employee use and their acquaintances in San Francisco and Los Angeles before expanding to public customers. This latest iteration signifies not only technological advancement but also a strategic…

Managing humans has always been a complex challenge, and overseeing AI agents presents a similar level of difficulty. To address this, OpenAI is introducing a new platform named OpenAI Frontier, designed to assist businesses in building, deploying, and managing AI agents, including those developed outside of OpenAI. This platform aims to offer a centralized interface…

Over the years, the downsizing of robotics has presented a persistent challenge. Despite significant advancements in miniaturizing electronics, the creation of fully autonomous miniature robots smaller than one millimeter has remained elusive. Fragility of tiny mechanical limbs and the drastic shift in physical forces at microscopic scales—where drag and viscosity dominate rather than gravity and…

Tesla has begun conducting unsupervised robotaxi trips in Austin, Texas, as showcased in a video shared on X, with Elon Musk acknowledging and congratulating Tesla’s AI team for reaching this important milestone. This development indicates progress in Tesla’s autonomous driving efforts, yet it remains uncertain how widely available these unsupervised robotaxi rides will be for…

Anahita Laverack initially aimed for a career in aerospace engineering, but her journey took an unexpected path after participating in an autonomous robotics challenge. Motivated by the difficulties faced in the Microtransat Challenge, where contestants build autonomous sail-powered micro-robots to cross the Atlantic, she realized the scarcity of reliable ocean data was a major obstacle.…

Nearly two years ago, Motional faced a critical juncture in its journey toward autonomous vehicle development. Originating from a substantial joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, the company had missed a crucial deadline for launching a driverless robotaxi service in partnership with Lyft. The withdrawal of Aptiv as a financial supporter necessitated an…

Google DeepMind is collaborating with Boston Dynamics to equip humanoid robots with the advanced intelligence necessary to navigate unfamiliar surroundings and handle objects—a key step toward enabling these machines to perform manual labor. This partnership, unveiled at CES in Las Vegas, involves integrating Google’s Gemini Robotics model into several Boston Dynamics robots, including the humanoid…

If 2025 was the year when AI underwent a critical evaluation, then 2026 is expected to be the period when the technology becomes genuinely practical. The emphasis is shifting away from creating ever-larger language models and focusing instead on the more challenging task of enabling AI to be truly usable. This means deploying more appropriately…

On Wednesday, Cisco disclosed that a faction of Chinese government-backed hackers is exploiting a critical vulnerability to target its enterprise clients using some of its most widely deployed products. The company has not specified how many of its customers have already fallen victim to these intrusions or how many might be operating vulnerable systems. Security…