1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses
Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X’s NEO robots are heading to industrial use cases.
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New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. Hochul’s announcement said the bill, S.8420-A/A.8887-B, was the first of its kind in the US, describing it as a “common sense” law that would bring increased transparency and protect consumers. A separate bill also […]
Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement
Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.
Google is building an experimental new browser and a new kind of web app
The Chrome team at Google recently built a new browser. It takes a query or prompt, opens a bunch of related tabs for you, and then builds you a custom app for whatever you’re trying to do. Ask it for travel tips and it’ll build you a planner app; ask it for study help and […]
ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ is expected to debut in Q1 2026
We’ve seen NSFW offerings from Grok and other chatbots, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been teasing adult content within ChatGPT for a while. Now, we have a timeline. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, told reporters during a Thursday briefing about GPT-5.2 that she expects “adult mode” to debut within ChatGPT in the first […]
Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie
In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now, they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full body digital version of them.
OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo
OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no generator.
GPT-5.2 is OpenAI’s latest move in the agentic AI battle
GPT-5.2 is here, and with it, OpenAI wants “to unlock even more economic value for people,” Fidji Simo, the company’s CEO of Applications, told reporters in a Thursday briefing. She said it’s been in the works for “many, many months.” The company calls GPT-5.2 its “best model yet for everyday professional use” in a release, […]
Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026
And when it does, the AI assistant will roll out to every existing EV in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV.