8+ hour ago   (403+ words) The Rundown · News The stories shaping AI. The context behind the headlines. What’s happening, and why it matters. 12 stories and counting. Stay up to speed. Skild says S1 can learn an extended robot task from one video. Its tests suggest less…...

4+ hour ago   (471+ words) MIT and Motional’s CW-Net reveals concepts behind autonomous car decisions, helping people recognize flawed reasoning while leaving safety questions open. MIT and autonomous driving company Motional have built a system that makes parts of a car’s planning process visible as…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (183+ words) Ray Kurzweil joins Subsense as an advisor as it pursues a nasal nanoparticle brain interface, with human safety and reliable function still to be proven. Ray Kurzweil is joining neurotech startup Subsense as a product and vision advisor as the…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (325+ words) IFA 2026 brings household robots, a laptop under 10mm thick and local AI hubs into focus, with practical questions about performance and availability. IFA 2026 is underway in Berlin, with household cleaning robots, an exceptionally thin laptop concept, a solar charging computer and…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (423+ words) Sam Altman says OpenAI will build humanoid robots. Its hardware ambitions could bring more control over training data—and new demands beyond model quality. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made the company’s humanoid ambitions explicit. In an August 26 TIME interview,…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (549+ words) Runway’s Solaris generates interactive interfaces as live video, testing whether gains in AI speed, cost, and quality can make new web experiences viable. Runway introduced Solaris on August 31 as an early preview of websites and apps rendered as live, interactive…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (444+ words) Skild says S1 can learn an extended robot task from one video. Its tests suggest less task data may be needed, though reliable completion remains uncertain. Skild AI says its S1 robot foundation model can watch a human demonstrate an unfamiliar job…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (488+ words) Apple alleges its circuit files entered OpenAI engineering work. The dispute raises a timing question for OpenAI’s hardware plans with Jony Ive. Apple has escalated its legal fight with OpenAI, alleging that a former iPhone engineer used confidential Apple circuit…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (328+ words) Ultrahuman’s $70 million financing brings Qualcomm into its push to make smart rings control apps, devices, and AI, with key capabilities still unproven. Ultrahuman has raised $70 million from investors including Qualcomm Ventures as it works to expand its smart rings from…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (570+ words) Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 addresses workflow interruptions and cost concerns as frontier competition resumes, with OpenAI’s Astra following days later. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 with promises of stronger performance and fewer safeguard interruptions, addressing practical frustrations with Fable 5 as competition at the…...