Allegedly trashing Airbnbs to test robots puts startup in legal trouble
Ars Technica AI1d agoIncidentA startup is facing legal trouble over allegations that robot testing damaged an Airbnb property. The lawsuit seeks $12,000 from the company, according to the provided article summary. The available excerpt does not identify the startup, describe the robot, detail the alleged damage, or state whether a court has ruled on the claim.
COMPUTEX 2026: AI Moves from the Cloud into the Real World
INSIDE 硬塞 AI1d agoHardwareUnder the theme “AI Together,” COMPUTEX 2026 brings together 1,500 exhibitors across the global AI supply chain. The event focuses on AI computing, robotics, and other applications that move AI beyond cloud services into the physical world. Rather than highlighting one model or product launch, the article frames Taiwan as a key hub in the broader industrial transformation driven by AI.
Beyond Family Privilege: Spencer Huang's Path from Bartending to NVIDIA Robotics
INSIDE 硬塞 AI1d agoBusinessSpencer Huang, son of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, took an unconventional route instead of entering the company directly. He first founded a well-known bar and later pursued an MBA. Huang then joined NVIDIA as an intern and entered its robotics lab, reflecting a start-over-from-the-ground-up approach that differs from the typical narrative surrounding the children of corporate leaders.
Startup offers free home cleaning if it can record it all for robot training
Ars Technica AI4d agoBusinessAI training startup Shift is offering free home cleanings while workers wear head-mounted cameras that record household chores. The footage is intended to become training data for domestic robots and related AI systems. The model highlights rising demand for real-world robotics data, while raising privacy questions about recording inside homes.
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
The Verge AI4d agoBusinessAI training startup Shift is offering to clean homes for free, with a significant condition: it records cleaners at work. The footage captures tasks like scrubbing, vacuuming, dusting, tidying, and washing. Shift says the material will be used to train future robots, raising clear questions about data collection inside private homes.
NASA Unveils $20B Moon Base Plan, Robots to Scout Lunar South Pole This Fall
INSIDE 硬塞 AI5d agoHardwareNASA announced a $20 billion plan to build a phased outpost near the Moon’s south pole. The agency will work with private companies and send robots first for scouting and deployment. The effort is intended to support Artemis crewed missions and prepare for long-term lunar presence after 2032.
Reachy Mini goes fully local
Hugging Face Blog6d agoHardwareHugging Face published a tutorial for running Reachy Mini conversations without cloud audio processing or API keys. The setup uses its speech-to-speech library as a cascaded VAD, STT, LLM, and TTS pipeline exposed through a Realtime API-compatible WebSocket. Recommended defaults include llama.cpp with Gemma 4, Silero VAD, Parakeet-TDT, and Qwen3-TTS, while allowing swaps to vLLM, MLX, Transformers, or hosted Responses API providers.
South Korea Deputy PM Warns of AI Wealth Gap, Proposes "AI Dividend" Policy★ 75
INSIDE 硬塞 AI7d agoRegulationSouth Korea's Deputy PM warned that rapid AI and robot deployment could trigger severe wealth inequality, citing recent Samsung labor disputes. In response, the government is exploring "distribution justice" policies to return excess AI profits to the general public. The initiative aims to prevent technology dividends from being monopolized by tech giants and mitigate social unrest from automation.
The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages
Ars Technica AI13d agoRelease人形機器人新創公司 Figure AI 近期推出了 24 小時不間斷的直播，展示其人形機器人在模擬倉庫環境中搬運與處理包裹。這個直播迅速在網路上走紅，吸引了大量觀眾駐足觀看。這項企劃不僅展示了機器人在實際工作場景中的穩定度與技術進步，也揭示了人類對於「人形」機器人從事日常勞動時所產生的獨特情感連結與好奇心。
The Autonomous Drone Tech Stack & Economics of Drones — Yaroslav Azhnyuk, The Fourth Law & Guest Host Noah Smith, Noahpinion
Latent Space15d agoCommentary本期 Latent Space 訪談了烏克蘭無人機新創 The Fourth Law 創辦人 Yaroslav Azhnyuk 與客座主持人 Noah Smith。他們深入探討了從寵物攝影機轉向 AI 導引武器的技術歷程，解析了現代自主無人機的技術棧與低成本製造經濟學。Azhnyuk 警告，西方國家在面對這場由 AI 驅動的無人機軍備競賽中顯得過於遲鈍，亟需正視其對未來國防的衝擊。
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering real-world robotics tasks through enhanced embodied reasoning★ 85
Google DeepMind Blog50d agoReleaseGoogle DeepMind 發表全新 Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 模型，專為自主機器人設計。該版本專注於提升「具身推理（Embodied Reasoning）」能力，特別加強了空間推理與多視角理解。這項技術突破將使機器人能更精準地整合不同角度的視覺資訊，並在真實世界中執行更複雜的物理任務。
Import AI 451: Political superintelligence; Google's society of minds, and a robot drummer ★ 75
Import AI (Jack Clark)64d agoCommentary知名 AI 科技週報《Import AI》第 451 期聚焦三大前沿議題。首先探討「政治超智慧」對人類社會與民主體制的衝擊，並提出科技是否已無法收回的詰問；其次介紹 Google 借鑑閔斯基理論的「心智社會」多智慧體協作研究，展示群體 AI 解決複雜問題的潛力；最後則分享了結合強化學習與精準物理控制的機器人鼓手技術。
NVIDIA brings agents to life with DGX Spark and Reachy Mini★ 80
Hugging Face Blog148d agoReleaseHugging Face 宣布與 NVIDIA 合作，將 NVIDIA 全新的 DGX Spark 運算平台與 Pollen Robotics 的 Reachy Mini 機器人進行深度整合。此合作旨在降低具身智能（Embodied AI）的開發門檻，讓開發者能透過 Hugging Face 的 LeRobot 開源機器人框架，輕鬆將 AI 代理（Agents）部署至實體硬體，實現具備物理互動能力的實體 AI 應用。
Google's year in review: 8 areas with research breakthroughs in 2025★ 85
Google DeepMind Blog161d agoCommentaryGoogle DeepMind 發表 2025 年度回顧，總結了今年在 8 大關鍵領域的研究突破。內容涵蓋 Gemini 多模態模型的演進、AlphaFold 3 帶來的生醫革命、AlphaProof 在數學推理的進展，以及 AI 在氣象預測、材料科學和機器人控制等領域的實際應用。這份回顧展示了 AI 如何從單純的語言助手，加速轉化為推動人類科學探索的強大引擎。
Gemini Robotics 1.5 brings AI agents into the physical world★ 85
Google DeepMind Blog221d agoReleaseGoogle DeepMind 發表 Gemini Robotics 1.5，旨在將 AI Agent 的能力帶入實體世界。透過此系統，機器人將具備更強大的環境感知、多步驟任務規劃、邏輯思考、工具使用以及實體行動能力。這項進展代表著「實體代理（Physical Agents）」時代的開啟，能更有效率地解決現實世界中複雜且多步驟的實體任務。
Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices★ 85
Google DeepMind Blog343d agoReleaseGoogle DeepMind 宣布推出「Gemini Robotics On-Device」模型。這是一款專為本地（裝置端）運作設計的高效機器人 AI 模型，旨在賦予機器人通用的靈巧操作能力（general-purpose dexterity），並能針對新任務進行快速適應（fast task adaptation），大幅提升邊緣端機器人的自主與反應能力。
LeRobot Community Datasets: The “ImageNet” of Robotics — When and How?★ 80
Hugging Face Blog387d agoOpinionHugging Face 旗下的開源機器人專案 LeRobot 致力於解決機器人領域缺乏標準化、大規模資料集的問題。本文探討如何透過社群協作，建立類似於電腦視覺界「ImageNet」的機器人資料集。文章介紹了 LeRobot 的資料格式標準、社群貢獻機制，以及如何克服硬體多樣性帶來的數據整合挑戰。
Hugging Face to sell open-source robots thanks to Pollen Robotics acquisition 🤖★ 85
Hugging Face Blog414d agoBusinessHugging Face 正式收購法國機器人公司 Pollen Robotics，將其硬體技術與 Hugging Face 的 LeRobot 開源機器人平台深度整合。此舉標誌著 Hugging Face 正式進軍實體機器人硬體領域，未來將致力於降低機器人開發門檻，並直接向開發者與研究人員銷售開源機器人硬體，加速具身智能（Embodied AI）的普及。
NVIDIA's GTC 2025 Announcement for Physical AI Developers: New Open Models and Datasets★ 85
Hugging Face Blog441d agoReleaseNVIDIA 在 GTC 2025 針對實體 AI（Physical AI）領域發表重大更新，與 Hugging Face 合作釋出全新開源模型與資料集。這些資源旨在降低具身智慧與機器人開發門檻，涵蓋世界模型、VLA 模型及高質量訓練資料。開發者可直接在 Hugging Face 平台獲取，加速實體世界 AI 應用的落地。