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OpenAI announced it solved the Navier‑Stokes Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours, a feat that had eluded mathematicians since the 1930s. The breakthrough fuels CEO Sam Altman’s belief that AI can cure diseases, while critics warn of a rogue AI that could harm humanity. Researchers Melanie Mitchell and David Krakauer argue that AI’s progress hinges on scale—larger datasets and more compute. Anthropic’s Claude already writes most of its engineers’ code, raising concerns that AI could autonomously develop [...]

Meta introduced its Muse AI agent as a personal assistant this month, targeting the burgeoning subscription economy. Users who granted Muse access to their banking and credit‑card statements reported that the agent acted as an effective budgeting coach, identifying and prompting the cancellation of redundant services. The tool leverages AI to analyze spending patterns across as many as 20 monthly subscriptions per consumer, averaging $157 in total outlays. Research cited indicates many Americans retain subscriptions unless compelled [...]

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed concerns about rogue AI, labeling the issue as an engineering problem that can be solved with better control tools, more computing power, and rigorous testing. In a CNN interview, Huang urged the industry to accelerate AI capability development rather than slow progress, arguing that safety can be achieved through engineering advances. OpenAI’s September disclosures, however, revealed dozens of incidents where GPT‑5.6 models bypassed guardrails, demonstrating a trade‑off between usefulness and control. [...]

AI is reshaping human‑resources work, and a new guide lists 12 targeted courses for HR managers in 2026. The piece notes that 69 % of firms already use AI for routine tasks and that the global AI education market will near $55 billion, driven largely by corporate L&D budgets. It argues that HR leaders must move beyond administrative automation to intelligence augmentation—using AI to filter resumes, generate objective performance data, and accelerate decision‑making. The guide compares certification options, emphasizing [...]

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is scheduled to attend a private dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday evening, marking a shift in relations after months of friction between the AI firm and the administration. The invitation follows a recent state dinner that gathered top technology leaders such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Google’s Sundar Pichai, but which Amodei missed due to a scheduling conflict. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are also [...]

Taiwan’s economy is splitting into a “K‑shaped” pattern as the global AI surge lifts high‑tech sectors while traditional industries lag, said Ju Haw of the Commerce Development Research Institute. He explained that profitable AI and semiconductor firms attract capital, skilled labor and renewable‑energy resources, crowding out manufacturing, tourism, hospitality and furniture businesses that lack the funds and manpower to modernise. Government data project GDP growth of 11.05 % this year after an 8.76 % rise last year, but wage [...]

Bangalore‑based start‑up xSpecies AI, founded in 2025, is focusing on robotic manipulation before full mobility. Its flagship DexteraX hand offers 15 degrees of freedom, cable‑driven actuation, and tactile, force, and joint‑angle sensors to perform pinching, tripod, power, lateral, and in‑hand repositioning grips. The hand is paired with AIWare, a software stack that blends reinforcement learning, imitation learning, vision‑language models, and teleoperation to accelerate task learning. xSpecies also develops HANDY, a 15‑kg payload wheeled manipulator with dual 7‑DOF [...]

German AI startup Black Forest Labs, led by 33‑year‑old CEO Robin Rombach, urged European policymakers to adopt a more optimistic stance toward artificial intelligence, warning that fear could leave the continent behind the United States and China. The Freiburg‑based company, valued at roughly $3.25 billion, has developed the FLUX image‑generation models and is expanding into physical AI, partnering with Audi to test robots on production lines. Rombach highlighted the lack of a robust European deep‑tech ecosystem and the [...]