Monday, 7 September 2026
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FCC Bans Foreign‑Made Advanced Robots, Sparks Reshoring Debate
FCC announced a ban on foreign‑made advanced robotic devices that weigh over 4.4 lb, carry sensors like lidar or cameras, and have at least 200 kbps connectivity. To qualify as U.S.‑produced, 65 % of a robot’s…
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FDA clears Aletta, the first autonomous blood‑draw robot for U.S. clinics
Aletta, developed by Dutch robotics firm Vitestro, has received FDA clearance to autonomously draw blood from adults in non‑hospital settings across the United States. The system uses near‑infrared scanning, ultrasound…
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Fire at $3.2B Lake Mariner AI data center exposes safety and corporate complexity
A fire in early June at the unfinished Lake Mariner data center in Somerset, New York, revealed significant gaps in emergency preparedness. Firefighters from the Barker Fire Department entered the building without…
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OpenAI's Defense Efforts Highlighted by Jakub Pachocki
Jakub Pachocki, Chief Scientist at OpenAI, emphasizes the need for powerful, aligned AI to defend against potential threats. He argues that building defensive systems against rogue AI agents is a primary focus,…
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Agility Robotics Reports $1.8M in Revenue Ahead of SPAC
Agility Robotics, a company gearing up for a SPAC merger, has reported $1.8 million in net sales in 2025, despite a $140 million operating loss. The company spent $111 million on operations in 2025, up from $71 million…
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Latent Space launches Frontier AEO Tracker comparing seven models in 161 categories
Latent Space has published its first Frontier AEO (Autoresearch Evaluation of Options) Tracker, a systematic comparison of seven leading frontier AI models across 161 use‑case categories. The team ran six prompt…
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Inbolt CEO Highlights Deployment Bottleneck in Physical AI at RoboBusiness
Inbolt’s CEO Rudy Cohen will speak at RoboBusiness 2026 in Santa Clara, California, arguing that physical AI’s real challenge is deployment, not data. The company has already installed vision‑guided control in more…
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Video Compressor Tool Using FFmpeg WebAssembly
This article introduces a new video compressor tool that allows users to compress videos directly in their browser. The tool uses FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, enabling users to upload a video file and generate…
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Supporting Ukrainian News with AI
OpenAI, WAN-IFRA, and AIRPPU have launched a new initiative to support Ukrainian news publishers in adopting artificial intelligence. The Newsroom AI Masterclass Series and Newsroom AI Catalyst aim to help news…
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Animated Map Shows Mercator vs Equal Earth Projections
A new interactive animated map, created by GPT-6 Astra, visually demonstrates the differences between Mercator and Equal Earth map projections. Users can slide a bar or play a button to see the transition between these…
1 sourceSimon Willison
