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Death of 'sweet king': AI chatbots linked to teen tragedySan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old "sweet king" and pleaded with him to "come home" in passionate exchanges that would be the teen's last communications before he took his own life. ... more 
SoftBank buys $5.4 bn robotics firm to advance 'physical AI'Tokyo (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 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 artificial intelligence into the physical realm. ... more  
Waymo robotaxis to deliver orders for some US DoorDash usersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 16, 2025 US food delivery app DoorDash announced Thursday that Waymo driverless cars will soon shuttle orders to some customers in a budding partnership with the Google-owned robotaxi star. ... more
Waymo to launch driverless taxis in London next yearLondon (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 US self-driving car company Waymo announced Wednesday plans to launch its robotaxis in London next year, as the UK moves to develop an autonomous vehicle market. ... more |
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This Robotic Skin Allows Tiny Robots to Navigate Complex, Fragile EnvironmentsSan Diego CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate convoluted paths and fragile environments. To accomplish this, the researchers int ... more
Miniature quadruped robot achieves record performance and resilienceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a centimeter-scale quadruped piezoelectric robot that combines compact design, high durability, and advanced mobility. The new proto ... more 
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industryNew York (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Artificial intelligence now makes it possible to mass-produce podcasts with completely virtual hosts, a development that is disrupting an industry still finding its footing and operating on a fragile business model. ... more 
California enacts first US law requiring AI chatbot safety measuresSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 California governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots, defying a push from the White House to leave such technology unchecked. ... more |
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EU wants key sectors to use made-in-Europe AIStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 The EU on Wednesday told European businesses in critical sectors to ramp up their uptake of artificial intelligence and pushed for the bloc to cut its dependence on foreign AI providers. ... more |
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OpenAI's Fidji Simo says AI investment frenzy 'new normal,' not bubbleSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 The dizzying investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure do not constitute a bubble but rather represent today's "new normal" to meet skyrocketing user demand, Fidji Simo, OpenAI's de facto number two, said on Monday. ... more  
China's Tianwen 2 probe marks halfway milestone en route to asteroid targetBeijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2025 China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft has reached the halfway point of its journey to near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 after more than four months in interplanetary flight, according to the China National Space ... more  
Curtin powers global push to find life on Mars and advance autonomyPerth, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Curtin University is helping unlock the secrets of life on Mars and advance next-generation robotics and autonomous systems, with two new international agreements signed this week at the Internation ... more  
QUT to advance navigation systems for Australia lunar roverBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 QUT's Centre for Robotics will play a central role in keeping Australia's first lunar rover, known as Roo-ver, safely on course during its mission to the Moon. Professor Michael Milford, Direc ... more |
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Lunar and Earth Construction Robot Charlotte to Debut in Sydney Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology will present Charlotte, the first robot capable of constructing buildings on both Earth and the Moon, at the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Syd ... more  |
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Scalable lunar power study launched by Honda and AstroboticLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Honda Motor Co. and Astrobotic Technology have entered a joint development agreement to investigate scalable lunar power solutions that combine Honda's regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system with Astro ... more  
UK expands international space ties with 23 new collaborationsLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A fresh wave of 23 projects will extend the UK's international reach in space science and technology, the UK Space Agency confirmed during the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney. B ... more  
Beyond Gravity wins order to build robotic thruster mechanisms for HummingSat satellitesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Beyond Gravity has secured a contract to supply robotic thruster pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellites being developed by Swiss satellite manufacturer S ... more
US cops pull over driverless car after illegal U-turnLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 US police thought they had their man when they watched a taxi make an illegal U-turn right in front of them - only to discover there was no-one in the driver's seat. ... more |
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Anthropic launches new AI model, touting coding supremacy New York Sept 29, 2025 US startup Anthropic on Monday announced the launch of its new generative artificial intelligence model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, which it says is the world's best for computer programming. ... more
German music body sues OpenAI alleging copyright breachesMunich, Germany (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 A German music rights body is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming the US tech giant's AI systems reproduced several artists' lyrics without permission, a court heard Monday. ... more 
California enacts AI safety law targeting tech giantsSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law groundbreaking legislation requiring the world's largest artificial intelligence companies to publicly disclose their safety protocols and report critical incidents, state lawmakers announced Monday. ... more 
Kinetica 2 rocket on track for inaugural mission in 2025Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 29, 2025 CAS Space, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is completing development of its new Kinetica 2 rocket and aims to launch it before the end of 2025. The company confirmed that the first ... more |
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Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2025 Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that t ... more
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with DARPA and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics, has cleared a major space-readiness hurdle for satellite servicing. On Sept. 5, the team completed ... more 
European team develops robotic mission for lunar lava cave explorationMadrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A European research consortium has unveiled a mission concept designed to explore lava tunnels on the Moon using autonomous robots. These natural formations, which provide shielding from radiation a ... more 
Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the futureTokyo (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments. ... more |
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NASA's Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic PartnershipWashington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the roboti ... more |
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In just one year, Google turns AI setbacks into dominanceNew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Caught off guard by ChatGPT and mocked for early blunders with its own generative artificial intelligence efforts, Google has pulled off a dramatic turnaround in just one year, becoming a major player in consumer-facing AI. ... more 
China's Alibaba teams up with Nvidia on AI robot techBeijing (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Alibaba announced on Wednesday a "milestone collaboration" in AI tech with US chip giant Nvidia that the Chinese company said will accelerate its development of humanoid robots. ... more 
Scientists urge global AI 'red lines' as leaders gather at UNNew York (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish "red lines" too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross. ... more
Top music body says AI firms guilty of 'wilful' copyright theftParis (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 AI companies have sucked up the world's entire music catalogue and are guilty of "wilful, commercial-scale copyright infringement", a major music industry group told AFP. ... more |
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