Xiaomi-Robotics-1 shows that more data beats bigger models when training robots to move

Xiaomi trained Xiaomi-Robotics-1 on more than 100,000 hours of motion data collected by people using camera-equipped handheld grippers rather than robots. Adding data improved performance far more tha [...]

US and China reportedly plan a fresh round of AI talks in September

The United States and China are reportedly preparing to hold a fresh round of talks on artificial intelligence in September, according to people familiar with the planning, in what would be the cleare [...]

When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?

Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended. [...]

Evals are the new PRD, Expedia’s AI chief tells VB Transform 2026

“The new PRD are the evals,” Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group’s first chief AI and data officer, told the VB Transform 2026 audience last week in Menlo Park. “So basically, you encode what you wa [...]

China's Moonshot AI is seeking a $50 billion valuation in pre-IPO funding talks

The Chinese AI startup plans to open discussions in August on a final fundraising round before a Hong Kong listing as soon as this year [...]

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked HuggingFace

The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack. [...]

Moonshot is chasing a $50bn valuation, and it wants two funding rounds to get there

China’s Moonshot AI is raising money at a pace that would make most startups dizzy. The lab should close a round that values it at $31.5 billion in the coming days, Bloomberg reported. It then plans [...]

Sony's FX5 cinema camera finally offers open gate and RAW 5K recording

Sony has just unveiled its latest cinema camera that may foreshadow some long-awaited features in its consumer mirrorless lineup. [...]

Alphabet locked in $811 billion of future spending on AI infrastructure. The number jumped $500 billion in one quarter.

Alphabet had $811 billion in contracted future spending commitments at the end of June, up nearly $500 billion from just three months earlier. The figure, disclosed separately from capital expenditure [...]