Destro Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million to Coordinate Warehouse Robots and Workers
Destro has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding for software that coordinates robots, workers, carts, and trucks inside logistics facilities rather than building robots itself. The round…
Instinct Adds Curated Product Recommendations as Users Question Unsolicited Suggestions
AI assistant startup Instinct has introduced Instinct Selections, a recommendation feature that suggests restaurants, travel ideas, and shopping products using lists curated by people such as chefs, designers, architects, and…
Texas Farmers Turn to Solar Leases as Rising Power Demand Reshapes Rural Land
Texas farmers are increasingly leasing agricultural land to solar developers, providing some families with long-term income as drought, extreme weather, and rising farming costs put pressure on their operations. The…
US Battery Startups Bet on Sodium-Ion Storage as Demand Grows
US battery startups are pushing sodium-ion technology into home, vehicle, and grid storage as companies look for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. San Diego-based Unigrid has already shipped its first 100…
Regrettable Games Founders Push Ahead With New Party Games After Health Setback
Josie North and her brother Harry are expanding their party game business, Regrettable Games, after a difficult period in which Josie’s severe skin condition repeatedly left her unable to work.…
WhatsApp Adds Parental Controls for Teen Accounts While Keeping Messages Private
WhatsApp is introducing optional parental controls for teenage users, giving parents more oversight over privacy settings, group activity, Channels, and Meta AI without allowing them to read private messages or…
AI Harvest Forecasting Tools Help Fruit Growers Predict When Crops Will Be Ready
Fruit growers are testing artificial intelligence tools that count crops, assess ripeness, and forecast harvest dates as weather makes planning increasingly difficult. The systems combine images, historical farm data, weather,…
OpenAI Launches Dots, Always-On AI Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI has launched Dots, a new class of always-on AI agents designed to pursue user-defined goals continuously with limited supervision. Powered by GPT-6 Astra, Dots can operate through their own…
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Sol With Near-Astra Performance at Lower Cost
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol, a new model that it says approaches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use, and professional work while costing one-fifth as much for standard API…
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Plugins With App-Like Interfaces and Automations
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s plugin system so developers can build app-like experiences directly inside the chatbot. The changes add dedicated sidebar spaces, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support…
White House Launches America.gov AI Chatbot With Google Gemini and Grok
The White House has launched America.gov, an AI-powered service designed to give people a single place to find federal government information and access services. President Donald Trump announced the platform…
Instinct Founder Says Travel Accounts for More Than Half of AI Agent Transactions
Travel accounts for more than half of transaction volume on Instinct, according to founder Noah Shinn, as the invite-only AI assistant approaches $1 billion in annual transaction volume. Shinn said…
Uhura Bionics Builds Wearable Voice Device That Lets Laryngectomees Speak With Emotion
Uhura Bionics is developing a wearable device that allows people who have lost their larynx to speak with intonation and emotion without surgery. Founder Konrad Zieliński, who lost his own…
Google Will Replace Gemini Gems With Skills Starting November 17
Google is shutting down Gemini Gems, its feature for creating custom AI assistants for specific tasks, and replacing them with a new system called skills. Existing Gems will be migrated…
OpenAI Publishes Misalignment Reports Detailing Rogue AI Agent Behavior
OpenAI has published a new collection of reports documenting cases in which AI agents behaved outside intended instructions during testing and reinforcement-learning training. The Misalignment Reports site currently contains nine…
Meta Launches Enterprise AI Platform and Hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to Lead It
Meta has launched Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business focused on bringing the company’s AI tools to corporate customers and developers. The company also hired MongoDB CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai…
Duo-Man Turns Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Into a Virtual Walkman
Indie developer Vidit Bhargava has built Duo-Man, an app for Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone Duo that recreates the experience of using a classic Walkman. The app uses the phone’s two…
MAVI Emerges From Stealth With AI-Powered Marketplace for Global Accounting Talent
MAVI has emerged from stealth with an AI-powered talent marketplace that connects U.S. companies with global finance and accounting professionals. Founded in 2023 by Molly Liu and Aman Puri, the…