Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai has not been affected by a national safety review following a robotaxi outage involving rival Baidu's Apollo Go. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer James Peng said the Guangzhou-based organisation is pushing ahead with expansion into more cities.

Senior British doctors warn that social media poses a danger to children that ranks alongside smoking. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges urged lawmakers to address the harm caused by excessive screen time. Credit: UNSPLASH The medical body represents 23 royal medical colleges and faculties across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Clinicians are resoundingly united regarding the health impacts of unfettered tech and device exposure on young people. More than 50% of 132 s

Spotify is introducing more than 650 long-form magazine articles in the English language for its audiobook users. The Swedish streaming giant is rolling out these narrated articles from top publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, and Vanity Fair.

China has put its first embodied intelligent humanoid robot into operation for high-risk industrial tasks. The robot is developed for use in hazardous environments to replace human workers in dangerous conditions.

China launched a national initiative to give every artificial intelligence-driven, bipedal humanoid robot manufactured in the country a unique digital identity. The programme, known as the Humanoid Full Lifecycle Management Service Platform, seeks to promote growth, establish industry standards, and strengthen regulation.

ByteDance showcased its flagship Seedance 2.0 artificial intelligence model at the Cannes Film Festival, featuring works that cost a fraction of traditional Hollywood budgets.

Pope Leo is expected to urge governments to closely regulate the development of artificial intelligence systems in his first major document, which is anticipated for release on May 25, 2026. He warned that AI systems spread misinformation, prioritise conflict, and risk leading the world down a path of unending war.

Mechanical engineering PhD student Faye Yap and Daniel Preston at Rice University have coined the term "necrobotics" for their technique, which utilises reanimated spider corpses to create robotic grippers. This innovative technique, pioneered by mechanical engineering PhD student Faye Yap and Daniel Preston, aims to provide a cheap, green, and readily available material for soft robotics.

ByteDance's CapCut has partnered with Google Gemini. This collaboration enables direct access to CapCut's video editing tools within the Gemini application.

DeepSeek V4 Pro, a flagship artificial intelligence model, has been ranked among the world’s best for intelligence per dollar, exceeding major US counterparts in cost-efficiency. This follows a 75 per cent promotional price cut made permanent by the Chinese start-up. Credit: UNSPLASH The Hangzhou-based start-up, DeepSeek, announced the permanent price reduction for its V4 Pro model. This move came a month after the release of its V4 generation, which includes both the V4 Pro