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Dancing robots take centre stage at Web Summit Qatar 2026 opening

Dancing robots take centre stage at Web Summit Qatar 2026 opening Dancing robots opened Web Summit Qatar 2026 in Doha, offering a glimpse of embodied artificial intelligence during the opening ...
The Guardian

Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future

At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets One of the reasons Amazon is spending ...
Business Wire

Robbyant Open-Sources LingBot-VLA as a “Universal Brain” for Robots

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, today announced the open-source release of LingBot-VLA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to serve as a ...
AZFamily

Robot’s WM Phoenix Open hole-in-one almost didn’t happen because of miscommunication

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Even when it’s quiet, the Coliseum at TPC Scottsdale has a certain feel to it; powerful, even electric. This is the place where golfers dream of hitting a hole in one, and Phoenix ...
The New York Times

Security at the Winter Olympics: Robots, Drones and a Cyber Command Center

Thousands of Italian security officers will be deployed, though the presence of U.S. ICE personnel has stirred anger. Italian officials said Wednesday they had thwarted a Russian cyberattack aimed at ...
CNBC

China's Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up 'physical AI'

Alibaba's new AI model called RynnBrain is focused on powering robots. One video released by Alibaba's DAMO Academy shows a robot identifying fruit and putting it in a basket. Nvidia and Google are ...
Wall Street Journal

China Is Going All-In to Beat the U.S. on Humanoid Robots

SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors for months that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will revolutionize the world and create a new mega-industry. But most of it could belong to China, he ...
NBC News

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop producing its S and X models as it shifts to making robots

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company would begin phasing out its Model S and Model X electric vehicles this year and retool a California factory to produce humanoid robots instead. The ...
CBSSports.com

2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: The best moments, highlights and performances from Milan

The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially underway after Friday's Opening Ceremony festivities at Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy. The Opening Ceremony featured the expected Italian ...
Yahoo! Sports

Winter Olympics 2026: Opening Ceremony marks official start of Milan Cortina games; Andrea Bocelli, Sabrina Impacciatore stun in performances

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are officially open with the conclusion of Friday’s Opening Ceremony. This was a historic Opening Ceremony, where two Olympic cauldrons were used for the first ...
USA Today

Mariah Carey performs at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Mariah Carey took the stage at Stadio San Siro in Milan to ring in the 2026 Winter Olympics as part of the opening ceremony. Carey was the first performer announced for the opening ceremony back in ...