Meta–Fourier humanoid prototype Max
Meta has built a humanoid prototype named Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier: about 48 kg, assembled in three months for home-robot research, with a second version already under way. Max is…
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Amazon: one million warehouse robots, ~1.5 million workers
Amazon has confirmed more than a million warehouse robots alongside about 1.5 million workers. At its Tracy, California warehouse, workers say robots are changing their jobs and a manager answered…
Starlink in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials say SpaceX slowed Starlink service used by military drones, with the order reported to come from the White House, and Ukrainian forces temporarily lost some access to Starshield,…
Tesla Cybercab
Federal regulators are auditing how Tesla self-certified its steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxis against vehicle safety rules, and have opened separate files on school-zone speeding and on remote…
AI training copyright litigation (DOJ / OpenAI)
AI training copyright is a widening pile of lawsuits: the Justice Department has urged a judge to side with OpenAI, while Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft and USA Today Co. sued…
Korea–US nuclear framework: $120B for eight large US reactors
South Korea plans to invest $120 billion in US nuclear power for eight large reactors at federal sites, six AP1000 and two APR1400 reactors, as part of a $200 billion three-project package; it…
NRC overhaul watch: breakneck pace meets first pushback
The NRC is accelerating nuclear licensing on several fronts, and oversight is starting to push back. Democrats formally asked the agency for information in late September, a GAO report raised…
Dartmouth's provost resigns over undisclosed AI use
Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell resigned and is leaving the university after a faculty-led committee review found undisclosed AI use, the first named resignation of a senior academic administrator…
Kodiak: 75 driverless trucks for DTL Transport under a per-mile model
Kodiak has signed DTL Transport to deploy its autonomous driving system in 75 carrier-owned trucks under a per-mile pricing model. The service is planned to start on Sun Belt routes, with autonomy…
TÜPRAŞ: USTDA-backed study weighs SMRs for Turkish refining heat and steam
TÜPRAŞ, Turkey's largest crude oil refiner, has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency to fund technical assistance assessing whether small modular reactors could supply…
Boston Dynamics: the employee petition to block a robot-dog sale to ICE
Hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees have signed a petition asking company executives to halt a planned sale of robot dogs to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No response from the company or…
DoD nuclear demos: Army leases, Aberdeen IMSR, Antares space reactor
The US military is advancing several nuclear demos: the Army conditionally awarded long-term installation-power leases to three companies, with Ameresco and Terrestrial Energy to deliver an IMSR at…
AI literacy for older adults: USC's "Safe AI for Seniors" workshop
The University of South Carolina has hosted a Safe AI for Seniors workshop, where experts walked older adults through navigating AI safely and protecting their privacy. It is the first…
Los Alamos' electrochemical system for semiautonomous glovebox decontamination
Los Alamos is using an electrochemical system to decontaminate retired plutonium gloveboxes semiautonomously, so they can leave the costly transuranic waste class. Watch for deployment status,…
GAO audits DOE cleanup land transfers (fuel-cycle, solar, and AI leases at legacy sites)
The Government Accountability Office released two reports on October 16, 2026 examining the Department of Energy's nuclear-waste cleanup efforts, covering future land-use planning and the regulatory…
Record lobbying quarters for OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia
OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia each spent more on federal lobbying in July-September 2026 than in any previous quarter: Nvidia $2.2 million, Anthropic $2.1 million and OpenAI $1.5 million. Microsoft…
AI and the congressional layer: committee scrutiny on a party flip
Democrats are predicted to win at least one chamber in the November 2026 midterms, which would put committee leaders in position to press AI companies, including over tax credits. Illinois Governor…
Merkley–Markey resolution to block the US–Saudi nuclear deal
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ed Markey have introduced a resolution of disapproval aimed at blocking the proposed US–Saudi civil nuclear deal, making Congress a hurdle for the agreement as negotiated.…
Oklo's Groves-2: DOE follow-on, medical isotopes first
Oklo has announced plans for Groves-2, the next stage of its Groves project under a follow-on DOE program, initially focused on medical isotope production. It named the planned Groves-2 Forge isotope…
The superintelligence rebrand: Trump's naming push meets Silicon Valley adoption
Trump announced renaming artificial intelligence "superintelligence," and parts of Silicon Valley followed within hours, with Musk promising SpaceXAI would become SpaceXSI. Federal branding has since…
Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment: DOE cost-share, first criticality 2027
Project Beehive: Valar Atomics' 456-reactor campus in Utah
States reconsider: California's advanced-nuclear assessment (AB 2647) + fusion framework (SB 925)
AI-search traffic litigation: AI Overviews antitrust dismissed
Grok in government: america.gov runs on Grok (watch)
NLIC waste campuses: six finalist states incl. Tennessee
US Space Academy: EO 14423, the commission, and the state site race
Gov-cloud model gating: FedRAMP and the compliant government stack
Quiet threads
Anthropic's election-year posture: the 2026 midterms preparations
Character.AI: Chapter 11, the AGs' notice, and the asset sale
ElliQ: NYSOFA's $2.1M senior-care expansion
AI prescribing: Nolla Health's acne pilot
Anthropic's agent-incident record: unintended model actions (false PPD tip)
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The AI economy: inflation reads and capex math (watch)
Data-center backlash: the polling record
September polling found 61% of likely voters opposed construction of AI data centers, yet under 1% named it a top midterm issue. Since then California passed seven data-center bills, Virginia's…
Fusion race: $10B bill, ENN's H-B groundbreak, UK sprint
Fusion is drawing public money and private capital on several continents: a bipartisan US bill proposes $10 billion for commercialization, Germany launched a milestone-based programme, and Commerce…
Artemis III astronauts meet Trump; NASA chief says "I'll be fired" if China wins the Moon race
The Artemis III crew met President Trump in the Oval Office and presented him with a Moon rock as a reminder of where the program is going. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman framed the Moon race as a…
Nuclear-AI campuses: Fermi America's Matador, the Texas cohort
Fermi America has completed a draft environmental impact statement for Project Matador, four AP1000 reactors planned at its Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus in Texas. In Germany,…