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The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos

MIT Technology Review·Jun 5, 2026

On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach wa…

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Medical

Can surgical robots fly? SS Innovations discusses challenges, solutions

The Robot Report·Jun 4, 2026

The robotics developer is focusing on providing emergency care in active war zones and beyond. The post Can surgical robots fly? SS Innovat…

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General

Proteus gets natural-language ability as Amazon expands European robot deployments

The Robot Report·Jun 4, 2026

Amazon says Proteus needs no special commands as it plans to deploy the mobile robot, as well as STARK and Vulcan, across Europe. The post…

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General

Generalist raises $400M to scale its general-purpose AI models

The Robot Report·Jun 4, 2026

Generalist claims its system improves average success rates to 99% on tasks where previous models achieved 64%. The post Generalist raises…

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General

The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers

MIT Technology Review·Jun 4, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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General

How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits

MIT Technology Review·Jun 4, 2026

Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by peo…

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AMR

Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

The Verge AI·Jun 4, 2026

{"#text":"Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will interact using language instead of…

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Startup

Autonomous defense manufacturer Mach Industries raises $300M

The Robot Report·Jun 3, 2026

Mach Industries will use the funding to accelerate executing government contracts, acquire talent, develop products, and expand its network…

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General

How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers

MIT Technology Review·Jun 3, 2026

Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center…

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Research

Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight

The Verge AI·Jun 3, 2026

{"#text":"At Microsoft's annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a su…

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Construction

RoboBusiness 2026 opens call for speakers

The Robot Report·Jun 3, 2026

RoboBusiness 2026, the premier event for developers of commercial robotics and those building robotics businesses, is seeking expert speake…

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General

The Download: Trump’s new AI order, and smart glasses for warfare

MIT Technology Review·Jun 3, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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General

Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

The Verge AI·Jun 2, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled…

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Startup

Petal Surgical adds more funding for incisionless surgical robot

The Robot Report·Jun 2, 2026

Petal said its incisionless surgery method could create a new standard of care, making advanced treatments safer, more accessible and less…

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General

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

The Verge AI·Jun 2, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new \"flagship\" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an…

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General

Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw

The Verge AI·Jun 2, 2026

{"#text":"Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw. Microsoft Scout is an always-on assistant that integrates i…

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General

FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI to expand teleop capabilities

The Robot Report·Jun 2, 2026

While FORT has traditionally worked with technology in industrial environments, Mapless AI brings experience in more unstructured settings.…

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General

Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets

The Verge AI·Jun 2, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft just announced \"Project Solara,\" a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026. The company is call…

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General

Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t

The Verge AI·Jun 2, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it's now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at d…

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Research

The Download: AI can run your admin department now

MIT Technology Review·Jun 2, 2026

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of t…

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General

Rehumanizing global health care with agentic AI

MIT Technology Review·Jun 2, 2026

The global health care sector is under increasing strain.  Decades of chronic underinvestment and constraints in recruitment have coin…

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Research

RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

Robohub·Jun 2, 2026

Image credit: HIMS / Nature Synthesis. In a paper published in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Professor Timothy Noël of the Universit…

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Humanoid

NEWS RELEASE – EUROPE MUST SET ITS OWN ROBOTICS AGENDA

EU Robotics·Jun 2, 2026

Vienna Statement urges recognition of essential role of robotics in meeting major challenges Tuesday 2nd June 2026 Europe’s citizens,…

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Research

How small businesses can leverage AI

MIT Technology Review·Jun 2, 2026

This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To recei…

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