Integral AI Claims AGI Breakthrough With 'World Model'
A Tokyo startup led by an ex-Google AI pioneer claims the world's first AGI-capable model. We dissect the hype, the tech, and what it means.

Google DeepMind's latest robots, powered by Gemini, demonstrate impressive dexterity by packing a lunchbox and …





Startup OpenDroids claims its robot loads dishes twice as fast as 1X's Neo, sparking a new, highly domestic robotics rivalry over kitchen chores.

Two Chinese firms have secured the world's first commercial licenses for autonomous passenger drones, paving the way for actual flying taxi services.

Tesla's Optimus Gen 3 gets new hands with 22 degrees of freedom. Elon Musk's goal? Turning the factory bot into a galaxy-exploring Von Neumann probe.

UK-based Humanoid AI reveals its bipedal HMND 01 Alpha, a 1.79m tall robot with a 15kg payload, joining an increasingly competitive field.

Chinese startup Zerith Robotics has deployed its H1 wheeled humanoid robots in over 20 locations to perform actual cleaning and sales tasks.

RobotEra has unveiled its Star-Act L7 humanoid, powered by a VLA model, to solve the 'Flexible Picking Gap' in logistics warehouses.

AgiBOT's A2 humanoid robot just walked 106km non-stop for 3 days, setting a new Guinness World Record and testing its endurance for commercial use.

OpenMind's new BrainPack, powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, is a modular AI brain designed to give any robot advanced autonomy and break vendor lock-in.

Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is set for a February 2026 debut in the Netherlands, paving the way for a wider European rollout.

Uber Eats partners with Starship Robots to launch autonomous food delivery in the UK, Europe, and the US, starting with Leeds.

Unitree's H2 humanoid starts at a tempting $29,900, but exclusive details reveal the base model has significant limitations.

Germany's Agile Robots unveils Agile ONE, a 174cm humanoid with a 20kg payload, designed as a trusted co-worker for industrial automation.

Startup OpenDroids challenges the heavily funded 1x Neo to a dishwasher-loading speed test, sparking a new, highly domestic robotics rivalry.

REVEL and NVIDIA are hosting the world's largest Physical AI hackathon with over $100K in prizes, including GPUs, dev kits, and a full humanoid robot.

Tesla has launched a new webpage with live data tracking FSD (Supervised) mileage and claims the system results in significantly fewer collisions.
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