OpenAI has released a new field report tracking eight scientific computing projects where coding agents cut runtimes. The report documents projects that used Codex on its own in five cases and a combination of Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code in three others. Worth flagging upfront: this is a vendor publishing a survey of its own…

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Insider Brief The FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices and connected power inverters to its Covered List, restricting new models from receiving authorization for import, marketing or sale in the U.S. The action covers mobile robots such as humanoids and quadrupeds, with national-security agencies citing supply-chain and cybersecurity risks tied to networked robots and connected…

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a warning to enterprises this week, arguing that companies relying entirely on proprietary AI labs for their AI needs risk losing control of their own operations. Speaking on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Nadella said businesses should retain ownership of their usage data and metadata so they can eventually train their…

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pushed back Monday on suggestions that his company supports banning open-weight AI models, stating clearly that Anthropic has never advocated for such bans. His comments followed an open letter from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, and Mistral, urging policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on…

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Recursive Superintelligence, an AI company focused on building self-improving systems, has signed a $410 million multiyear compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, said the agreement represents the majority of its fundraising to date and will support its compute-intensive approach to AI development.…

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Insider Brief LG Innotek and TDK are partnering to develop sensing modules for physical AI systems, including robot vision and tactile sensing. The companies said the work will combine LG Innotek’s optical and precision module-design capabilities with TDK’s sensor technologies, with a vision module using an inertial sensor planned for 2027. LG Innotek said the…

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Insider Brief Perceptual Robotics secured more than £4 million in funding this year to expand its autonomous wind turbine inspection and maintenance technology. The funding includes backing from Investing for Purpose, Loggerhead Ventures and One Planet Capital, along with support co-funded by Innovate UK. The company said the capital will support product development, offshore capabilities…

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Insider Brief Emergent, an AI software creation platform enabling founders and business owners to build full-stack, production-ready applications, has announced a $130 million Series C round led by Creaegis, with MNI Ventures-Claypond Capital and Sentinel Global as co-lead investors, alongside participation from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator. The round values…

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Google’s AI-generated search feature, AI Overviews, now appears in 43% of searches, up from 15% a year ago, according to a new report from market intelligence firm Similarweb. The findings point to a broader shift in how users interact with search, as Google increasingly routes users from AI Overviews into its more conversational AI Mode,…

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OpenAI is in discussions with Nvidia about a financial backstop of up to $250 billion to support debt financing for a planned 10-gigawatt data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, according to people familiar with the talks, first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The guarantee would help OpenAI raise construction and lease debt using Nvidia’s credit…

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