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When I started at Spectrum 25 years ago, a senior editor suggested that I find a “rabbi,” by which he meant someone who could mentor me in how EEs approach problems and evaluate potential solutions. I didn’t find one right away. Then in 2005 we decided to do a special report, focusing on the challenges of enterprise software development. I suggested we invite IEEE Life Senior Member Robert N. Charette, a self-described risk ecologist, prolific book author, and leading authority on risk managemen…

As agentic and long-context workloads become common, the context lengths increase and attention consumes a larger share of inference time (Figure 1). Because... As agentic and long-context workloads become common, the context lengths increase and attention consumes a larger share of inference time (Figure 1). Because attention now dominates that cost, how it is designed—not just how it is implemented—increasingly determines a model’s inference performance. Shaping model architecture around how G…

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Actuate 2026: 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCO IROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 September 2026, SEOUL Enjoy today’s videos! Introducing Gemini Robotics 2—the intelligence layer powering the next generation o…

As AI adoption expands, enterprises are discovering that managing costs, measuring returns and scaling efficiently are becoming as important as deploying the technology.

The demand for high-quality video continues to accelerate across industries, powering everything from immersive streaming experiences to remote collaboration,... The demand for high-quality video continues to accelerate across industries, powering everything from immersive streaming experiences to remote collaboration, generative AI media tools, and large-scale content delivery. Behind these experiences is a growing need for video pipelines that are faster, more efficient, and capable of handlin…

The move indicates that a price war for AI models is underway.

The European Commission launched a tender for the buildout, in a bid to close in on U.S. and Chinese competitors.

Illustration of the versatile nanorobot. It is 150 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. (Illustration: Marina Bräm) By Angelika Jacobs Nanorobots sound like science fiction: tiny machines for medicine, the environment, or industry. In fact, nanorobotics has become a rapidly growing field of research. It is considered a promising approach, for example, […]

Google DeepMind 发布 Gemini Robotics 2 三模型家族：VLA 模型把视觉语言输入转为电机指令、ER 2 负责场景理解与多步规划、On-Device 2 可本地运行且少于 200 条样本适配新双臂机器人。新系统支持人形全身控制（行走、弯腰、货架放物）与多机器人协作，并配 ASIMOV-Agentic 基准测试拒绝危险动作的能力。AI summary

NVIDIA nvmath-python is a library designed to bridge the gap between the Python scientific community and NVIDIA CUDA-X math libraries. It gives Python users... NVIDIA nvmath-python is a library designed to bridge the gap between the Python scientific community and NVIDIA CUDA-X math libraries. It gives Python users access to CUDA-X performance for common math operations without disrupting existing workflows. Depending on the API, operations can run on a CPU, CUDA-enabled GPU, or distributed mult…

Knowledge workers are increasingly integrating AI agents into their workflows. Agents that function as "digital coworkers" offer clear benefits. For example,... Knowledge workers are increasingly integrating AI agents into their workflows. Agents that function as “digital coworkers” offer clear benefits. For example, they can review a bug report, implement and test a fix, push a patch, and ping a human for review. By handling routine tasks, agents have the potential to deliver large productivity…

Insider Brief Tesollo has begun preparations for an initial public offering in South Korea after completing a Series B funding round. According to the robotic hand developer appointed KB Securities as lead underwriter in March and plans to pursue a listing through Korea’s technology-special listing track after 2027. The company did not disclose the size […]

The partnership aims to give users more choice when building AI agents and automating business processes.

Germany’s AI scale-up scene is unmistakably industrial in its instincts, even where the applications are consumer-facing. Berlin alone accounts for nearly half the companies on this list, spanning engineering intelligence, AI asset management, and voice assistants, while Munich, Cologne, and Stuttgart are producing the platforms rebuilding hospital operations, building energy efficiency, and enterprise compliance. From […]

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ChatFeatured, the AI search optimization platform that helps marketing teams turn visibility data into published content and measurable results, has announced an oversubscribed USD $2 million pre-seed round. The round was led by Storytime Capital, with participation from Garage Capital and BY Venture Partners. The financing comes little more than six months after ChatFeatured launched in […]

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Alocity has announced the successful completion of its Series A Round, led by a private investor group alongside its founder Marco Quintero. The investment will accelerate product innovation, expand the company’s engineering, sales and marketing organizations, and scale its growing network of security integration partners. The capital raise comes at a defining […]

Natural has raised a $30 million Series A led by Kirsten Green at Forerunner, with continued backing from existing investors, bringing the company’s total funding to over $40 million. The round closed when the company was 193 days old and drew participation from Human Capital, Abstract, Genius Ventures, Torch Capital, and a range of individual […]

Microsoft reported a $3.2 billion quarterly gain from its Anthropic investment and a $600 million write-down on its OpenAI stake, tucked into blockbuster fiscal fourth-quarter results showing $90 billion in quarterly revenue and $35.8 billion in net income. For the full fiscal year, ending June 30, Microsoft reported $331.8 billion in revenue and $133.7 billion […]

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s second-quarter earnings call to lay out sweeping AI ambitions spanning enterprise services, personal assistants, and faster app development, even as investors sent Meta’s stock down nearly 10% following the results. Zuckerberg said Meta sees a large enterprise opportunity beyond the business AI agent it launched in June, including […]

Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines, announced this week she is stepping down from the startup, citing health concerns tied to the pace and stress of startup work. She said she had concluded over several months that the sustained workload had exceeded what her health could support. OpenAI confirmed Wednesday that Weng, who previously served […]

New research from LexisNexis showed the nation’s growing influence in the robotics industry.

Two AI computing clusters built from identical NVIDIA H100, GB200 NVL72, or GB300 NVL72 systems can deliver materially different training throughput. We... Two AI computing clusters built from identical NVIDIA H100, GB200 NVL72, or GB300 NVL72 systems can deliver materially different training throughput. We routinely see 8% to 12% gaps between partner deployments and the corresponding NVIDIA reference architecture (RA) on the same workload, same model, same global batch size. The cause is often …

Gemini Robotics ER 2 helps robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world tasks. It represents a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for robotic applications.