Morgan Stanley has significantly revised its forecast for China's humanoid robot sales, now expecting a 133% increase to 28,000 units this year. The US investment bank previously projected sales of 14,000 units.

Nominees from the Frame Forward Animated AI Film Festival will be shown in U.S. theatres throughout Feb. 2026. This marks a significant development for AI animation, with a public vote to select the winner.

China's artificial intelligence hyperscalers have swiftly added cloud support for Moltbot, an open-source AI agent seeing a global surge in popularity. Previously known as Clawdbot, Moltbot is billed as an "AI that actually does things" due to its ability to autonomously execute tasks without step-by-step user instructions.

Researchers at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Shenzhen have unveiled a soft humanoid robot that can change its size and move in various ways. The robot, named GrowHR, can squeeze through spaces, walk on water, and even fly. Credit: Liu et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eaea2831 This outstanding flexibility comes from a system the team developed, also called GrowHR. The research, published in *Science Advances*, describes how the robot was inspired by human b

Moonshot AI’s newest release, Kimi K2.5, has significantly narrowed the artificial intelligence model development gap between the United States and China. Third-party evaluations indicate this brings the two nations closer than ever in AI capabilities.

Amazon is eliminating approximately 16,000 corporate positions, marking its second significant round of layoffs in three months. The e-commerce giant cited plans to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to replace corporate workers. The company has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic.

U.S. robotaxi company Waymo aims to launch its fully driverless ride-hailing service in London by the fourth quarter of 2026. The firm, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, seeks to expand its international presence. Credit: Waymo Waymo has experienced steady growth in the United States despite strict regulations and costly technology. Head of policy and government affairs for the U.K. and Europe at Waymo, Ben Loewenstein, confirmed the timeline. The British government is develo

Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma recently urged a fundamental shift in China’s rural education system. He said the artificial intelligence era requires moving away from rote learning to fostering curiosity and creativity in students.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has launched an upgraded version of its optical character recognition, or OCR, model, DeepSeek-OCR 2. This update incorporates an open-source system developed by Alibaba Cloud to significantly boost performance.

Adobe has introduced new features for Photoshop, aiming to enhance creative control and streamline workflows for content creators. These updates are designed to reduce tedious tasks, elevate workflows, and give creatives more precision and control over their work. Credit: ADOBE Photoshop now includes new adjustment layers for non-destructive editing, featuring Clarity, Dehaze, and Grain. These controls provide powerful, maskable, layer-based adjustments to refine texture, de

Former Spain head coach Roberto Moreno was dismissed from his recent coaching position at Russian club FC Sochi. His sacking stemmed from an over-reliance on the artificial intelligence programme ChatGPT, which reportedly led him to ignore common sense.

The Indian army showcased rifle-mounted robotic dogs during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. These four-legged machines, built for navigating rough ground, garnered significant attention from onlookers and defence experts.