Automaker Kia plans to focus heavily on robots and automation as part of its new five-year plan. The brand, part of the Hyundai Motor Group, held its 2026 Investor Day in the South Korean capital of Seoul last week, at which CEO Song Ho-Sung said: “EVs, HEVs [hybrids], autonomous driving and robotics will serve as…
Microsoft has confirmed a $10 billion funding package for Japan — the latest sizable investment in its concerted effort to establish itself as a key player in the rollout of AI services in Asia. The investment was disclosed following a Friday meeting in Tokyo between company president and vice chairman Brad Smith and Japanese Prime…
The generative AI vendor is pulling back on plans to make ChatGPT a direct e-commerce channel after a series of problems with its Instant Checkout feature. The vendor publicized a number of changes in a blog post on March 24 confirming a rethink in strategy from last year, when the company launched a shopping assistant….
Paris-based AI vendor AMI Labs has confirmed it received a large seed funding round to develop world models. AMI Labs — the AMI stands for Advanced Labs Intelligence — is the brainchild of former Meta AI chief, Yann LeCun. LeCun revealed the $1.03 billion investment using a post on X, which read: “Advanced Machine Intelligence…
Some of the biggest names in tech have committed to a new initiative designed to increase trust in AI. Senior engineers and product leaders from Anthropic, AWS, Google Cloud and OpenAI have signed up as founding members of the Trust in AI Alliance, a forum organized by Thomson Reuters, the global content company. The alliance…
The biggest players in AI have been warned by a coalition of U.S. attorneys general that they have to do a better job of protecting users from dangerous AI outputs. Forty-two attorneys general sent a letter, subsequently published online, to 13 of the industry’s most high-profile companies — Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Character Technologies, Google,…
Chinese automaker Nio is now licensing its proprietary autonomous driving chip, which could potentially include robotics companies, it’s been working on for the past five years. The Shanghai-based company, which reported delivering nearly 220,000 of its premium electric vehicles to customers in 2024, revealed the development in its Q3 earnings call. Confirmation of the arrangement…
