Hugging Face MicroDuck robot is the first educational robot I’ve wanted in a very long time — even if I do have to program some of the cuteness AI & Bots
Hot Chips 2026: OpenAI’s Jalapeño AI ASIC unpacked — accelerator developed using AI achieves efficiency and throughput gains against power-hungry Blackwell AI & Bots
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report claims — could strengthen Nvidia’s open-model strategy and shore up position against rivals AI & Bots
EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic ‘data center chemicals’ — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also appear to be long-lasting PFAS AI & Bots
Many talks between data center developers and local governments are under NDA — residents question the needs for secrecy, but developer argues it’s important to avoid ‘running afoul of insider trading rules’ AI & Bots
‘The user stays in control’ Plaud’s new AI earbuds can record your working day — but its most ambitious agent features are coming later AI & Bots
Polls reveal local utility hikes and noise drive US data center protests, not anti-AI sentiment— beliefs and political affiliation had minimal impact on AI data center views AI & Bots
Salesforce reveals ‘Claudeforce’ in major new Anthropic AI deal as CEO Marc Benioff pushes back against SaaSpocalypse AI & Bots
Claude Cowork gets its own browser that doesn’t touch your tabs, bookmarks, or saved passwords AI & Bots
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says people think governments are using AI ‘to screw them over’, and that’s why the tech is having a ‘a crisis of trust’ — and he’s exactly right AI & Bots
Gemini Live just got a major upgrade — now it can handle interruptions, visuals and multiple languages AI & Bots
