Meta to mine AI chats for ad targeting
Meta has announced that starting December 16, it will begin analyzing user conversations with its AI assistant to improve ad targeting accuracy. In other words — every time you chat with the bot about vacation, work, or health, your words could become data for creating even more personalized ads. The company already uses posts, likes, […]
MIT’s framework builds in real-world chaos
Researchers at MIT have developed a new probabilistic framework for drone design that forces engineers to confront the unpredictable reality of hardware from the very beginning — without idealized assumptions that motors, batteries, and sensors will always work perfectly. Unlike traditional methods that rely on technical specifications, this framework uses statistical models to show how […]
Chinese startup unveils human-face robot
Chinese startup AheadForm, founded in 2024, has just unveiled the Origin M1 — a robotic head that incredibly realistically mimics human facial expressions: blinking, raising eyebrows, tilting its head, and reacting almost like a real person. The robot uses 25 micromotors hidden beneath synthetic skin to precisely control facial movements, while RGB cameras in the […]
OpenAI becomes world’s most valuable private company
OpenAI has officially surpassed SpaceX to become the most valuable private company on the planet, following a secondary share sale that allowed employees to cash out 6.6 billion dollars of their holdings — at a valuation of 500 billion dollars. Buyers in this offering included Thrive Capital, SoftBank, and MGX, while only employees who had […]
Mira Murati’s startup unveils first product
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has unveiled the first product from her new company, Thinking Machines Lab — a platform called Tinker, designed to let developers fine-tune advanced AI models without the need for complex infrastructure. Tinker allows supervised learning-based fine-tuning on systems such as Meta Llama and Alibaba Qwen, making it easy to adapt […]
California signs first AI safety law
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 53, the first U.S. law requiring leading AI companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to publicly disclose their safety measures and report potential risks tied to the development of advanced AI systems. Under the new legislation, companies must report any incidents involving deceptive AI behavior or other […]
Microsoft wants you to ‘vibe work’
Microsoft has just introduced a new term that could become a cornerstone of future work — “vibe working.” This concept represents working alongside agent-based AI tools that handle most of the workload, while users guide, refine the tone, and direct the overall flow of tasks. In practice, this means users will be able to start […]
Pill-shaped robot samples your gut
Chinese researchers have developed a robotic capsule that you simply swallow — it then autonomously travels through your digestive tract, guided by external magnets, and collects liquid samples for medical diagnostics.No endoscopy, no surgery — just swallow and wait for results. Inside the capsule are miniature pumps and micro-tools activated by precisely tuned magnetic fields […]
Figure’s massive video training project
Robotics startup Figure, recently valued at an astonishing $39 billion, has launched an ambitious initiative called Project Go-Big — an effort to build the world’s largest video database of human behavior in everyday home environments. The goal is clear: to teach robots how to behave naturally and independently in real-world domestic settings. Through a partnership […]
Robo-bird masters natural takeoff and flight
Chinese engineers have finally achieved what has been dreamed of for decades — natural flight like that of birds. Their new invention, RoboFalcon 2.0, is a revolutionary robot with folding wings that flap like a bat, glide like a bird, and can take off without any human assistance. Weighing only 800 grams, RoboFalcon 2.0 is […]