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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” due to an AI spending frenzy.
AI could ‘destroy nearly 100 million jobs,’ Senate report finds
The report identified 20 jobs at significant risk from AI, 15 of which could see more than half of their positions replaced.
Alibaba’s Secret Robotics Team Signals Next Big Leap in AI
The Chinese tech giant quietly builds embodied AI under Qwen, eyeing the trillion-dollar robotics boom.
Italy enacts Law No. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence: Sector rules and next steps
On September 23, 2025, Italy adopted Law no. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law will enter into force on 10 October 2025 and aims, inter alia, to complement the...
Italy Adopts Artificial Intelligence Law
On September 23, 2025, the Italian law on artificial intelligence (hereinafter, “Italian AI Law”) was signed into law, after receiving final approval by
Resiliency, sovereignty, openness – more about Volkswagen’s €1bn AI plan
Volkswagen’s €1 billion “no-process-without-AI” plan reveals a Europe-first strategy to embed AI across every operation – balancing resilience, sovereignty, and openness.
SoftBank bulks up its robotics portfolio with ABB Group’s robotics unit
SoftBank says this acquisition will help it dive deeper into robotics as it considers physical AI to be the next frontier.
Lucid Bots Brings Embodied AI to Commercial Painting with Industry-First Robotic Capability
-Company expands into the $237B market amid a historic labor shortage in construction and a surge in infrastructure investment led by reindustrialization -First-of-its-kind robot enables 3x faster painting at nearly...
Transcript: ‘Box CEO Aaron Levie on Why AI Agents Won’t Take Your Job’
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SoftBank shells out $5.4 billion for Swiss robot maker
Japanese telco SoftBank has stepped up its pursuit of physical AI by acquiring the robotics division of electrical engineering firm ABB.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Surprised AMD gave away 10% of the company in ‘clever’ OpenAI deal
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss details of the company’s partnership with OpenAI, his thoughts on OpenAI’s deal with AMD, state of the AI tech race, the...
SoftBank to buy ABB Robotics for $5.4B in AI push
Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring…
Samsung’s tiny AI model beats giant reasoning LLMs
A new paper from a Samsung AI researcher explains how a small network can beat massive Large Language Models (LLMs) in complex reasoning.
SoftBank To Buy ABB’s Robotics Unit for $5.4B
Japanese tech investor SoftBank will buy the robotics division of Swedish-Swiss electrical engineering business ABB Ltd. for $5.375 billion in order to strengthen its artificial superintelligence offering, the companies said...
Energy Robotics secures $13.5 million Series A to scale critical infrastructure inspections with AI and robotics
Energy Robotics, a provider of an AI software platform for autonomous inspection with robots and drones, has announced the successful close of $13.5m of Series A funding. Energy Robotics has...
AI boom: SoftBank to buy ABB’s robotics business for $5.4 billion
The acquisition brings together SoftBank’s AI know-how and ABB’s robotics expertise as companies race to stay ahead of tech advances.
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Nature – Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Deepens AI Push With $5.4 Billion ABB Robotics Deal
SoftBank’s acquisition of ABB’s robotics units reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son’s renewed interest in robots. The company was behind the development of humanoid, Pepper, which was unveiled in 2014.
Softbank acquires ABB’s robotics business for $5.38B
Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ABB Ltd, a global technology electrification and automation firm, to acquire ABB’s robotics business for...
SoftBank to Acquire ABB’s Robotics Biz for 5.4 B. Dlrs
Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday that it will acquire the robotics business of …
Most companies suffer some risk-related financial loss deploying AI, EY survey shows
Nearly every large company to have introduced AI has incurred some initial financial loss, an EY survey published on Wednesday said, often due to compliance failures, flawed outputs, bias, or...
SoftBank to acquire ABB robotics unit in multi-billion dollar deal
Japanese multi-national investment firm SoftBank will acquire the robotics division of ABB in a $5.4bn deal.
Welcome to the mega-blob: AI firms are fusing into one big lump
OpenAI’s AMD deal is the latest sign big AI firms are entangling supply chains. ownership and responsibility.
SoftBank to acquire ABB’s robotics unit in $5.4 billion deal
The move represents a significant expansion of SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s investments in robotics, following a period of strategic…
SoftBank to buy ABB’s robotics unit in $5.4bn deal
Japanese group’s acquisition aligns with founder Masayoshi Son’s vision to realise ‘artificial superintelligence’
The 8 AI Agent Trends For 2026 Everyone Must Be Ready For Now
AI agents are moving from experimental tools to mainstream powerhouses capable of managing complex work, everyday tasks and strategic decisions.
How scammers are using AI to lure shoppers to fake businesses
Foreign firms use AI-generated images and false back stories to pose as family-run UK businesses.
OpenAI, Anthropic eye investor funds to settle AI lawsuits, FT reports
OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring the use of investor funds to settle potential multibillion-dollar lawsuits, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Sen. Ted Cruz proposes federal regulatory sandbox to encourage AI innovation, development
The SANDBOX Act would allow innovators to obtain temporary regulatory waivers for artificial intelligence technologies from federal agencies.
Nvidia reportedly adds xAI to its growing AI venture portfolio as part of $20B round
XAI’s new financing is reportedly split between equity and debt, with the latter backed by GPUs.
OpenAI eyes artificial intelligence data-centre capacity in Canada
Company’s chief global affairs officer says it can be part of country’s effort to build sovereign AI capabilities
What Is MCP? Model Context Protocol Explained [In Simple Terms]
Discover how MCP revolutionizes AI integration by standardizing tool access and boosting real-time accuracy for smarter, faster results.
DeepMind’s CodeMender uses AI to fix software flaws
CodeMender can even loop in humans to check its work
The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling
Without AI spending, the US economy would lose one of the last industries actually bringing in any healthy revenue.
Investing in America 2025
Google’s deep investments in American technical infrastructure, R&D and the workforce will help the U.S. continue to lead the world in AI.
Petri: An open-source auditing tool to accelerate AI safety research
This is a cross-post of some recent Anthropic research on building auditing agents.[1] The following is quoted from the Alignment Science blog post. …
Exclusive: EvenUp raises $150 million Series E at $2 billion valuation as AI reshapes personal injury law
After getting rejected at least 3 times by Y Combinator, the founders of EvenUp have become legal tech leaders.
Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases
AMD’s unusual deal to finance OpenAI’s chip purchases could grant the AI model maker up to $100 billion, analyst estimates.
Energy Robotics Secures $13.5 Million Series A Funding
Energy Robotics, the leading AI software platform for autonomous inspection with robots and drones, today announced the successful close of $13.5m of Series A funding.
This Former SpaceX Engineer Is Using AI To Design Circuit Boards
Plus: Deloitte issues a refund for a report with AI-generated errors.