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South Korea's MND will train 500,000 soldiers as drone warriors. The military plans to acquire 20,000 low-cost disposable drones. A new Defe

MCP servers enable real-time text extraction from S3 PDFs for $2.50 per month. The approach bypasses expensive OCR services for digitally en

OpenAI released the GPT-5.6 series featuring Sol, Terra, and Luna models. The new ultra mode uses subagents to accelerate complex workflows.

Agentic Overlay allows legacy REST APIs to function as AI agents without modifying core logic. The system uses a thin interface layer to map

Amazon SageMaker now supports NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs via P6 instances. Activation checkpointing enables an 8x throughput increase for 1B

PowerCHINA signed a deal to deploy 5,000 embodied intelligence robots. The fleet will automate hazardous inspections of long-distance convey

LYiTECH opened a humanoid robot super factory with a 10,000 unit annual capacity. The facility features a 15-minute model transition time an

SoftBank has officially entered the mass production phase for Physical AI robots. The company is investing 64.6 billion dollars into OpenAI

Google integrated Gemini into Sheets to automate table creation and formulas. Users can now generate complex data structures and Apps Script

Google launched Gemini Study Notebooks for personalized learning paths. The tool converts lecture notes into diagnostic quizzes and goal tra

Hugging Face Jobs enables instant vLLM deployment via a single command. The service provides OpenAI-compatible APIs with per-second billing

Google Finance has ended its beta period and launched AI-powered portfolio tools globally. Users can now build portfolios using screenshots,

AWS released Chaplin to automate health event analysis across multiple accounts. The tool uses MCP and structured queries to eliminate numer

Five new open-source omni models integrate text, audio, and video. Architectures like Thinker-Talker enable real-time multimodal interaction

NVIDIA offers significant discounts on GeForce NOW memberships during the Steam Summer Sale. The service enables 4K 120fps gaming on low-end

OpenAI employees have transitioned from chatbots to autonomous Codex agents. Power users now orchestrate parallel agents to generate over 60

Eclipse Automation launched RealitySync for Apple Vision Pro. The platform allows immersive virtual walkthroughs of factories. Multidiscipli

Snowflake Semantic Views unify business logic across BI and AI tools. The system reduces AI hallucinations using Verified Queries in Cortex

Vention introduced MachineMotion AI at the Automate 2026 event. The system enables software-defined automation for industrial floors. Integr

Syswin Robotics opened a permanent A-BOT demonstration center. The facility features SLAM-based autonomous driving and 24/7 streaming. In-ho

Amazon Nova 2 Sonic uses native speech-to-speech to reduce no-shows. The model eliminates the STT-LLM-TTS chain to preserve vocal nuances. A

NVIDIA released NeMo AutoModel to optimize MoE training efficiency. The library increases throughput by 3.7x and cuts memory by 32%. It enab

Huntington Bank automated the redaction of 400 million legacy documents using AWS. The pipeline reduced a multi-year manual project to just

Google integrated computer use capabilities directly into Gemini 3.5 Flash. The model can now operate browsers and desktops via a native too

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore implements a three-tier pool model for SaaS multitenancy. Infrastructure-level ABAC and TVM patterns replace risky

OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, a custom inference chip designed specifically for LLMs. The chip was developed in nine months through partnerships

AWS launched EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The new infrastructure boosts AI inference speeds by up to 4.6 times. Vector

Robotcom unveiled the R-noid humanoid robot at Automate 2026. The system uses a VLA model to deploy in 8 to 12 weeks. Robotcom targets labor

SiMa.ai and Mistral Solutions developed a joint reference design for autonomous drones. The partnership combines Physical AI platforms with

Intrinsic unveiled the Intelligence Cell for drag-and-drop robot coding. The system enables high-mix production for small and medium enterpr