From Dance Floor to Battlefield: China Readies Humanoid Robots for Combat
Posted on 9th Sep 2026 06:05:56 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
At Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, robots sprinted past Usain Bolt's 100m record and fell apart mid-race to cheering crowds. Two days later, the PLA Daily drew its own conclusions: these machines are headed for the battlefield. A Reuters review of 100+ procurement notices, studies and defense-company materials shows how China is planning for humanoid soldiers.
Nvidia-Backed Firmus Lands OpenAI as Anchor Customer for Malaysia AI Data Centres: Asia-Pacific's Compute Race Accelerates
Posted on 8th Sep 2026 06:04:05 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Australia's Firmus has signed a multi-year deal to supply OpenAI with computing capacity from two Malaysian data centres, pushing contracted capacity past 900 MW ahead of a rumoured IPO.
Wonderful Raises $550M at $5B Valuation: The AI Operating System Bet Reshaping Enterprise Automation
Posted on 7th Sep 2026 06:04:32 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Israeli-Dutch startup Wonderful closes a $550M Series C led by Insight Partners with Salesforce joining, more than doubling its valuation to $5B in under six months. Inside the AI OS platform that is turning enterprise agent pilots into production systems.
Google DeepMind Launches WeatherNext 3: Hourly AI Weather Forecasts at 5-Kilometer Resolution
Posted on 6th Sep 2026 08:27:13 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Google DeepMind's WeatherNext 3 delivers hourly global forecasts at up to 5 km resolution, ingests raw satellite data, and improves rain prediction by up to 60 percent — now powering Search, Maps, and Gemini.
Anthropic's Claude Formalizes Fermat's Last Theorem: The First Machine-Checked Proof in 11 Days
Posted on 6th Sep 2026 07:38:59 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Working largely autonomously, Claude produced the first end-to-end, computer-checked proof of Fermat's Last Theorem — 13 million lines of Lean, 29,500 theorems, and a 350-year-old story of certainty.