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SoftBank leads $500 million bet on German robot maker Agile after China blocks ABB deal
SoftBank led a roughly $500 million fundraising for German robot maker Agile Robotics, Cryptopolitan reported. The investment came about a week after China blocked SoftBank’s purchase of ABB’s robotics business in China. Agile said revenue doubled to about $230 million, and it plans mass production of its first humanoid robot, Agile One, in early 2026. Nvidia is also investing, and Agile plans to build 1,000 to 2,000 small humanoids next year.
AI & Enterprise
Nvidia without Jensen Huang: Where does the AI ecosystem go as uncertainty surges?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned after an affair scandal, raising concerns the fallout could spread beyond the company to the U.S. economy. The board is searching for a successor, with CFO Colette Kress serving as interim CEO. Nvidia shares fell sharply. Questions are growing over succession planning and whether Nvidia’s role as a key source of funding for the AI industry could change. Government and congressional probes are also variables.
AI & Enterprise
Google unveils Gemini for Healthcare to automate medical administration
Google Cloud has officially announced its AI platform Gemini for Healthcare to support clinical, operational and administrative work at medical institutions. The service focuses on connecting distributed data and automating complex workflows by pulling information from electronic health records, billing systems and clinical guidelines. Google said the platform operates with predefined safeguards and human oversight. The preview will be available in the United States for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus customers, with several healthcare organisations joining as early partners.
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AI & Enterprise
Sam Altman says young workers should drop old success formulas in AI era
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AI & Enterprise
Sam Altman says math community shifts to acceptance of AI
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AI & Enterprise
BCG AI Maturity Matrix 2026 puts South Korea in top AI pioneers group
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AI & Enterprise
Stanford, Meta develop AI inference technique to boost speed and cut costs
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Finance
Tech Insight: $1 trillion poured into fintech, but why has financial literacy fallen?
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AI & Enterprise
Remote work boosts birth and employment but jobs at risk, two sides of working from home
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AI & Enterprise
US software developer job postings rise 15 percent despite AI coding tools
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AI & Enterprise
Cheap AI does not always save money; total cost can be higher, study finds
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Science
Nobel physiology or medicine prize goes to 3 optogenetics pioneers
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AI & Enterprise
Five worst-case scenarios if AI wipes out humanity
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AI & Enterprise
MSIT minister steps in amid questions over Korean AI foundation model project, two-track push with frontier AI
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AI & Enterprise
Flood of legal AI tools leaves task of verifying fake case law
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AI & Enterprise
Pope Leo XIV criticises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang over opposition to AI rules
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AI & Enterprise
Bae Gyeong-hun says Korea\'s homegrown AI foundation model project will continue, frontier AI push too
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AI & Enterprise
AMD to buy world model developer WorldLabs for $8.2 billion