Big tech companies are moving faster into so-called physical AI that applies AI in the real world, including robots, cars and drones, as they seek to secure an early lead in a market seen as smaller than chatbots for now but with high potential. Nvidia, AWS, SoftBank, Anthropic and Xpeng are among those expanding initiatives. South Korean companies and institutions are also stepping up projects, funding and partnerships, even as concerns persist about data shortages and reliability.

Google has released a legal-focused AI product aimed at law firms and in-house legal teams. The company unveiled Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a package combining pre-built Gemini technology with assistant-style agents that connect to firms’ existing data systems. Google said it supports contract review, negotiation, tracking regulatory changes, and searching case records and internal documents. It also said customer data and model outputs are not used to train its foundation models and highlighted partnerships across litigation and contract management tools.