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ROBOTICS
A robot, a teenager and a legal grey area: what the Cologne case means for the rest of us
German police have seized a humanoid robot after an alleged assault on a 16-year-old girl. The harder question is who the law can actually hold responsible.
INDUSTRY
London's robotaxis meet their first organised resistance
Taxi and private hire drivers protested outside Wayve's King's Cross office, calling for driverless trials in the capital to stop. Here's what they want, and what TfL can actually do.
ROBOTICS
Nine minutes to charge, 20 hours a day: the British battery behind the next Digit humanoid
Agility Robotics has picked Cambridge-based Nyobolt to power Digit 5. Battery life is the unglamorous problem that decides whether humanoid robots ever pay their way.
AI
NVIDIA's $250m bet on Britain as the world's AI safety lab
The chip giant is giving five years of computing power to UK researchers working on safer AI agents, and robots are part of the plan.
AI
Same model, two scores: why Gemini 4 Argon's big benchmark result needs an asterisk
Google's newest AI scored 97.5% on the toughest problem-solving test going. Run it a different way and it scores 49.8%. Here's how to read AI headlines without being fooled.
AI
Has Meta finally caught up? Inside the launch of Muse Wonder
After 14 months of rebuilding and billions spent on talent, Meta says its new Muse Wonder models can take on OpenAI and Anthropic.
INDUSTRY
From chatbots to robots: DeepSeek's move into physical AI
The Chinese AI lab is reported to be leading a funding round for Winverse AI, a robotics start-up valued at around $400m. It's part of a wider race to give robots a brain.
INDUSTRY
Waymo heads to Toronto: who's winning the global robotaxi race?
Canada's biggest city will be Waymo's first Canadian market, with riders promised in 2028. Here's how it fits a wider international push that includes London.
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