Serve Robotics spikes after announcing multiyear partnership with DoorDash for deliveries
is spiking in early trading after the maker of sidewalk delivery robots and announced a “multi-year strategic partnership to roll out autonomous robot vehicles across the US,” starting with Los Angele...
Tesla abandoned plans to make thousands of Optimus robots this year
At the start of this year, CEO Elon Musk said on an earnings call that his company planned to build 10,000 Optimus robots for internal use in 2025. On that same call, he hedged and said he thought t...
Most Americans don’t like surreptitious AI use, but many are unbothered by AI-generated music
During the unveiling of new smart glasses last week, besides a few blunders , CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “It is no surprise that AI glasses are taking off. This feeling of presence is a profound thing...
Are Ray-Ban Meta glasses really a hit?
At this week’s Connect conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced new Ray-Ban Meta Display glasses with the “Meta Neural Band” (that you wear on your wrist), wraparound Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses, ...
Casio is about to start selling a furry AI-powered pet robot in the US, as it bets on loneliness
A cuddly, furry, squeaking, artificial intelligence pet with a personality. If that’s a list of words that ignites an unsettling feeling in your brain, you wouldn’t be alone. But that’s exactly the pr...
Nvidia rallies after launching Jetson Thor “robot brain”
Shares of are up about 2% as of 1 p.m. ET after the chip designer formally unveiled the Jetson Thor, a platform for physical AI and robotics that it calls a “ robot brain .” During CEO Jensen Huang’s...
Tesla’s robots get the same treatment as its cars: Video training
is pivoting its strategy for training its Optimus robots to using mostly video recordings, rather than motion-capture suits and headsets to record human operators’ movements, in an effort to scale dat...
Bloomberg: Apple’s tabletop robot is “centerpiece” of its new AI strategy
On the heels of failing to successfully bring its AI iPhone to life, is hoping to turn things around with its next AI effort: a tabletop robot that serves as a virtual companion, Bloomberg reports . ...
Tesla’s mission-critical Optimus project is reportedly falling behind schedule. Traders are buying the stock anyway.
Elon Musk says Optimus robots will be the “biggest product of all time.” But, as is so often the case, the company seems to be falling behind on the CEO’s timeline for producing them. As is also ofte...
Meta has spent $3.5 billion for a ~3% stake in the company behind Ray-Bans
Mark Zuckerberg’s company really wants to make smart glasses happen. According to Bloomberg’s sources, has bought an almost 3% stake in EssilorLuxottica SA, with an eye to build that toward 5% in the...
A tiny robotics company is more than tripling after drawing attention to its relationship with Nvidia
This is one helluva Jensen Huang halo effect: Tiny industrial robotics company is going parabolic on Thursday. It was up more than 300% at one point and halted for volatility after trumpeting its rel...
Snap spikes after becoming the latest tech company to announce AI glasses
is trading higher today after the company announced yesterday it would be debuting new AI-powered smart glasses next year. “The tiny smartphone limited our imagination,” Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told the...
Tesla’s head of Optimus robots leaves as the company stakes its future on Optimus robots
The head of engineering for Optimus AI humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is departing the company effective immediately, Bloomberg reports . Tesla, of course, has had a very bad year , and the cur...
Report: Amazon plans for robots to ride along in vans and bring packages to your doorstep
Robots, robots, everywhere. Elon Musk thinks his Optimus bipedal humanoid robots will be a $10 trillion industry. is making a huge bet on building the AI tools and hardware to power industrial robots...
Warby Parker jumps an eye-popping 17% as investors cheer its AI glasses partnership with Google
Tech companies just can’t seem to envision a future without smart glasses. surged 17% in afternoon trading on Tuesday after announcing a partnership with to develop AI-powered glasses, set to launch ...
Tesla: Pay no attention to the terrible headlines. Check out this dancing robot!
news these days is pretty much only bad news. A few recent headlines include: Disappearing EV credits Declining sales A bad start to Q2 based on monthly reports from around the world Shrinking demand ...
Hims & Hers appoints Amazon veteran as COO
appointed Nader Kabbani, a longtime Amazon executive who most recently worked at the robotics company Symbiotic, as its next chief operating officer, the company said Monday morning . The announcement...
Will Meta’s latest collab with Ray-Ban finally bring smart glasses into the mainstream?
For years, tech companies have been trying to sell us on the idea of putting technology into stuff to put on our face. But historically, the hype for products like smart glasses has been short-lived. ...
Nvidia’s auto division is taking off as Jensen Huang dreams of 1 billion robotic cars
revenue might be dominated by its AI-powered data center business, but that’s not the only division putting up massive growth numbers. Revenue for the company’s automotive and robotics segment more th...
Meta joins Tesla as an AI robot company
As goes Elon Musk’s Tesla, so goes Mark Zuckerberg ’s Meta. Now, is following into AI-powered humanoid robots, Bloomberg reports . Last month, Musk predicted that in the long term, its AI-powered Op...