During the company’s GTC 2025 keynote today, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced Isaac GR00T N1 — the company’s first open-source, pre-trained yet customizable foundation model designed to accelerate the development and capabilities of humanoid robots. “The age of generalist robotics is here,” said Huang. “With Nvidia Isaac GR00T Read more…
Nature: A Microsoft researcher presented results behind the company’s controversial claim last month to have created the first ‘topological’ qubits — a long-sought goal of quantum computing. In front of a packed room at a meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), Chetan Nayak, a theoretical physicist leading Microsoft’s quantum Read more…
More than 80 signatories representing about 100 European tech organizations have urged EU leaders to take “radical action” to reduce reliance on foreign digital infrastructure, according to a letter sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The coalition, including Airbus, Proton, and OVHCloud, warns Europe “will lose out Read more…
Google is continuing its quest to get more people to use Gemini, and it’s doing that by giving away even more AI computing. Today, Google is releasing a raft of improvements for the Gemini 2.0 models, and as part of that upgrade, some of the AI’s most advanced features are Read more…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei raised a few eyebrows on Monday after suggesting that advanced AI models might someday be provided with the ability to push a “button” to quit tasks they might find unpleasant. Amodei made the provocative remarks during an interview at the Council on Foreign Relations, acknowledging that Read more…
Apple’s announcement that “more personalized Siri” features of Apple Intelligence would be delayed until “the coming year” reveals a troubling departure from the company’s hard-earned reputation for reliability. Unlike other Apple Intelligence features that were demonstrated to media in June, the personalized Siri features — promising personal context awareness, onscreen Read more…
Apple is undertaking one of the most significant software overhauls in its history, aiming to revamp the user interface across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. This ambitious update, set for release later this year, will fundamentally transform the look and feel of Apple’s operating systems, enhancing consistency and the user Read more…