Ant Group’s Robbyant Unveils LingBot-VA 2.0: A Causal Video-Action Model Built Natively for Physical AI
LingBot-VA 2.0 is a video-action model built natively for physical AI that predicts future states before execution and operates at 225 Hz asynchronous control. The model uses Foresight Reasoning to anticipate outcomes and re-grounds on real observations rather than being fine-tuned from a video generator.
Physicists finally build a quantum material predicted more than a decade ago
Researchers created a two-dimensional quantum material with unusual conducting edge states that were predicted over a decade ago. The material's conducting states can be controlled through strain, potentially enabling room-temperature quantum electronics applications.
Tiny bubbles could revolutionize inkjet printing
Researchers demonstrated that varying the quantity of ultra-fine bubbles within droplets can reshape printed patterns during inkjet printing without leaving chemical residues. By adjusting bubble numbers in each droplet, the technology enables cleaner printing for next-generation electronics manufacturing.
Clinical Sinner outclasses Djokovic as he books Wimbledon final place
Jannik Sinner defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 in a Wimbledon semifinal on Friday, advancing to Sunday's final. The defending champion comprehensively beat the 39-year-old in straight sets, ending Djokovic's attempt to win a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title.
US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
A CISA contractor employee uploaded exposed passwords to a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which a GitGuardian security researcher discovered and reported in May. The agency had to develop its incident response playbook while actively managing the breach situation itself.
Geoscientists reveal how Earth's forces are shaping the 'Roof of the World'
Earth's deep interior processes are shaping the Tibetan Plateau's unique topography at its summit. An international team of Chinese and UK geoscientists from the University of Glasgow discovered this through studying formation evidence of this high mountainous area.
Greg Brockman Takes Over OpenAI Product Business After Fidji Simo’s Departure
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and co-founder, will oversee the ChatGPT product business after Fidji Simo departed in July. Brockman had already managed product responsibilities since April when Simo took medical leave.
To ancient astronomers, Theta Eridani was brighter for 1,000 years—now we know why
Theta Eridani appeared as one of the 13 brightest stars to ancient astronomers like Ptolemy and al-Sufi, but is significantly dimmer today. Researchers determined the star must have been much more luminous between the second century A.D. and A.D. 964 to match historical brightness records.
US CBDC Ban Set to Become Law at Midnight
A four-year ban on U.S. central bank digital currency takes effect Saturday if the housing bill becomes law without presidential veto. President Trump has neither signed nor vetoed the bill that Congress approved and sent to him.
New sensors capture warning signs before fish deaths in Lake Victoria
Sensors installed in Lake Victoria detected low-oxygen warning signs several hours before fish deaths occurred, providing crucial advance notice of dangerous environmental conditions. The research from Kings College London researchers highlights the capability of monitoring equipment to identify these hazardous events before widespread mortality happens.
Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, claiming the company encouraged Apple employees to share information about upcoming products, components, and drawings. OpenAI's hardware chief was accused of coordinating the campaign to obtain confidential Apple materials.
Finovate Global Israel: Autonomous AI and Cross-Border Payments
Tangos AI, an Israeli fintech specializing in autonomous AI for financial crime and fraud investigations, raised $20 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Red.
Nubank Unit Secures Authorization to Become Mexican Bank
Nu Mexico received authorization from Mexico's financial regulator to operate as a bank and has 30 calendar days to complete its transformation. The company previously operated as a digital bank before obtaining approval from the National Banking and Securities Commission.
57% of enterprises have watched AI agents be confidently wrong. The fix is an agentic context layer, but who has one?
Fifty-seven percent of enterprises reported AI agents providing confidently incorrect answers due to missing or inconsistent business context in the past six months. Thirty-eight percent of enterprises rely on document retrieval as their primary method for giving agents business context, while seventy-five percent lack a dedicated agentic context layer to govern this information.
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, a cloud-based AI agent that manages tasks across email, Slack and calendars
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent powered by GPT-5.6 that executes complex multi-step tasks across email, Slack, calendars, and code repositories. The agent can gather context from connected apps to produce finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, and websites while working independently on projects for hours.
Kaiser nurses say AI is changing their jobs—for the worse
Kaiser Permanente implemented AI monitoring that evaluates nurses based on call duration, with calls exceeding 15 minutes triggering reprimands or performance score impacts. Nurses protested that this system forces them to follow scripts and limit advice, potentially compromising patient care quality.
Delta AI Assistant Boosts Customer Satisfaction Scores 25 Points During Travel Disruptions
Customer satisfaction scores increased 25 points during travel disruptions through simplified rebooking processes and expanded self-service digital tools. Delta Air Lines implemented these enhancements, which the chief operating officer discussed during the company's June quarter earnings call.
LinkedIn is the ‘most AI-saturated platform,’ new study suggests
More than 40 percent of LinkedIn posts longer than 250 words were flagged as fully AI-generated, according to an AI detection study that scanned nearly 1 million posts across social platforms over two months. LinkedIn posts accounted for nearly two-thirds of all AI-flagged content despite representing only one-third of the scanned posts.
Wall Street is debating the AI buildout. Enterprises just answered: 86% say their GPUs run at half capacity or less
Eighty-six percent of enterprises operate their GPUs at half capacity or less, according to a VentureBeat survey of 573 technical leaders. Fifty-four percent of companies experienced an agent security incident or near-miss in the past 12 months after deploying AI agents before adequate control systems were in place.
How leaders must upgrade their talents for the AI Age
Senior leaders must adapt their management approaches to support fewer employees using AI tools, as AI will eventually supplement or replace many elements of their traditional roles. Leaders need to upgrade their talent management skills to become change agents rather than simply maintaining current practices, given predicted exponential gains in AI capabilities.
Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
Open source AI models and datasets are now used by approximately half of Fortune 500 companies. Hugging Face has become a central platform where AI builders share and download these resources.
Big Tech Doubles Down on AI Infrastructure
Five major tech companies increased their combined debt by approximately $350 billion over five years to fund artificial intelligence data center construction. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle doubled their debt load to finance these infrastructure efforts.
Enterprise AI is entering an evaluation gap: Agents are gaining autonomy faster than companies can verify them
Half of surveyed enterprises deployed AI agents that passed internal evaluations but caused customer-facing failures, with 25% experiencing multiple failures. Despite this, 66% of companies permit or plan production deployment without human review, while only 5% trust their automated evaluations.
Kylian Mbappé embraces leadership role for France to urge team humility
Kylian Mbappé was given the captaincy of France's national team by coach Didier Deschamps to inspire leadership and prevent complacency. France reached their third consecutive World Cup semi-final, while 35-year-old Antoine Griezmann watched from the stands after retiring from international play in 2024.
JPMorgan AI Agents Beat Traditional Investment Portfolios in Historical Simulations
JPMorgan Chase tested eight AI agents for capital allocation between stocks against market conditions and found all eight outperformed both a traditional 60/40 portfolio and the bank's rules-based regime model in historical simulations. The AI agents were developed by strategists including Thomas Salopek and evaluated through backtesting against established investment benchmarks.
Sinner dismantles Djokovic’s dreams of 25th slam in one-sided Wimbledon semi-final
Jannik Sinner defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, eliminating the 39-year-old's chances for a 25th Grand Slam title. Sinner will face Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final after Zverev beat Arthur Fery 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.
I built an agentic AI clone of my family to plan our summer travel
An AI system built with Claude uses multiple simulation rounds to plan family summer travel itineraries across multiple destinations with three children. The system generates detailed travel plans, though the creator notes significant limitations alongside its capabilities.
Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank
Circle received final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, enabling it to place USDC reserves under federal oversight. The approval expands Circle's regulated digital asset custody business capabilities.
US Eases Export Curbs on UAE, Opening Door for AI Chip Sales
The Trump administration is easing export restrictions on the United Arab Emirates, permitting sales of advanced semiconductors and other technologies to support the country's AI development. The policy change allows the Gulf state broader access to chips previously subject to export controls.
Google's TabFM skips per-dataset training and still predicts on tables it's never seen
Google's TabFM foundation model predicts on unseen tabular data in a single forward pass without per-dataset training, reducing time-to-production from weeks to an API call. The model treats tabular prediction as an in-context learning problem instead of requiring hyperparameter tuning, feature engineering, and retraining pipelines for each new dataset.