The “Robot Phone” was unveiled by Honor online in a promotional video that showed the gimbal-stabilised camera unfurl from the back camera module and appear to pivot while tracking its subject’s movement. Honor described the unique smartphone as a “revolutionary AI device that fuses multi-modal intelligence, advanced robotics and next-generation imaging”. The Shenzhen-based company, which…
Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, is hiring specialists to boost the development of “world models.” These are next-generation AI systems which are designed to understand and navigate physical environments. The San Francisco-based startup has hired two AI researchers from Nvidia to accelerate this effort. The move positions xAI alongside major rivals like Meta…
Noetix’s N2 robot walks the catwalk at the UNESCO venue in Paris on Oct. 8, 2025. Credit – Courtesy: Emma Meng Paris Fashion Week is no stranger to a gimmick. There was Coperni spraying a dress onto a model in 2022, followed by Schiaparelli’s faux animal heads a year later, and then Robert Wun’s blood-splattered…
Robots on display from Chinese electronics manufacturer Hisense in Berlin, Sept. 5. While the U.S. celebrates its dominance in artificial-intelligence software, China is quietly winning the race that might end up mattering most—developing robots that wield AI in the physical world. PREMIUM China Is Winning the Race for AI Robots The U.S. should be proud…
A group of French and German economists has urged Europe to identify which industries to support in the face of Chinese competition and boldly abandon those where the battle had already been lost, such as the solar power sector. The recommendations were presented in five memos to the Franco-German Council of Ministers at the request…
Last week, you might have seen that Kraken Robotics Inc. (CVE:PNG) released its quarterly result to the market. The early response was not positive, with shares down 8.2% to CA$3.46 in the past week. Revenues of CA$26m beat analyst forecasts by6.6%, while the business broke even in terms of statutory earnings per share (EPS). This…
The first World Humanoid Robot Games began Friday in Beijing. More than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan, competing in sports including soccer, running and boxing, at the 12,000-seater National Speed Skating Oval, built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP video by Wayne Zhang and Olivia…
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China kicked off a three-day long sports showcase for humanoid robots on Friday, looking to highlight progress in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games. Robots will compete in sports such as football, track and field, and…
China has made a significant leap in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, with the country now accounting for more than 40 per cent of the world’s AI models. According to data released at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China currently hosts 1,509 AI models out of a global total of 3,755….
NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter. The car company that has faced boycotts for months said Wednesday that revenue dropped 12% and profits slumped 16% in the three…