French startup Genesis AI, backed by Eric Schmidt and $105M, launches Eno—a non-humanoid robot with human-like hands. It targets factories, labs, and eventually homes, challenging the humanoid trend with a focus on dexterity and practicality.
SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO has investors betting big on orbital AI data centers, promising to solve the energy crunch limiting AI growth. But the move also cements a space monopoly that could leave rivals grounded.
Pinterest unveils a Business Assistant in Ads Manager, a Model Context Protocol for agentic AI, dynamic creative selection, and the Ask Pinterest experimental app. These tools target its 631 million users, most with shopping intent, to sharpen ad performance and discovery.
Maharashtra has partnered with Google for Education to provide free AI training to over 400,000 teachers. The program aims to boost digital literacy through master trainers and multilingual content, while the state retains control and emphasizes digital safety.
Respond.io, an AI customer conversation platform co-founded by Hassan Ahmed, raised $62.5M in Series B funding. The company plans to expand into North America and Europe, building on $35M ARR and 169% growth.
Norway will prohibit AI for students aged 6 to 13 and tightly control its use for teens, the government announced. The policy aims to reverse falling test scores by refocusing classrooms on reading, writing, and math.
A U.S. directive forced Anthropic to block foreign access to its most advanced AI models, revealing a dangerous vacuum in international oversight. The incident has intensified demands for transparent, binding global rules on frontier AI deployment.
Norway will ban generative AI for elementary school pupils starting in August 2026, while allowing supervised use for older students. The policy reverses decades of digital classroom adoption to protect foundational learning.
NVIDIA DeepStream’s nvinfer limits custom models, but a Python GStreamer plugin can replace it while maintaining throughput. This article details the metadata contract, plugin skeleton, and zero-copy inference loop, offering a model-agnostic pattern for video analytics.
President Trump told Axios he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, reversing last week’s stance. The shift follows a meeting over blocked foreign access to AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5.