AI Agents & Automation

Claude Duet preview works in the background, with approval gates

Anthropic's Claude Duet preview can work through connected accounts after users close the app. US Pro and Max access is by waitlist; background use and approvals set limits.

Aigen uses synthetic fields to train weeding robots for new crops

Aigen says generated crop and weed images cut new-crop training to about a week. Its October 23 customer account adds urgency to the unanswered question of performance in real fields.

Philadelphia delivery robot arrest puts sidewalk rules in focus

Carolyn Marvin was arrested after blocking an Uber Eats robot in Philadelphia. Police and Marvin give separate accounts; Pennsylvania requires remote oversight of authorized delivery devices.

HUMXN offers free home repairs in return for robotics data

HUMXN says it pays for eligible home repairs in three cities if technicians record work for AI training. Its public legal pages remain unfinished templates.

Square launches voice ordering kiosk built around restaurant menu data

Square's new standalone kiosk lets diners order by voice or touch. Its answers depend on restaurant menu data, while setup requires a Plus or Premium plan and live connection.

TU Delft's MonoRace paper explains its one-camera drone racing system

A new Science Robotics paper details the camera, IMU and onboard control behind a 2025 drone racing win. The result is bounded to a known competition course.

99 adds possible-crash alerts to motorcycle trips in Brazil

99 says trip telemetry and phone sensors can flag a possible incident on its motorcycle services for a 24/7 safety team. Staff check what happened before arranging help; accuracy and response-time results were not disclosed.

Honeywell Forge Cognition brings AI agents to facility operations

Honeywell says Forge Cognition can triage building alarms, predict HVAC issues and simulate energy changes. Its Voyager pilot reports early results with important measurement limits.

Physical Intelligence’s Pi API beta offers managed training for robot teams

Physical Intelligence’s Pi API beta lets selected robot teams upload task data, fine-tune a model on managed infrastructure and use hosted inference. Teams still need their own robots, demonstrations and repeated evaluation.

UK minister warns of AI cyber risk and sets out government safeguards

UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan warned of AI-enabled cyber risk and announced wider government testing and response work. Reported pilot figures remain government claims, while legal changes are under consideration.

Continues OpenAI agent reached non-public Medicare statistics files. What did it access?

Shield AI says Navy adds $150 million to X-BAT development

Shield AI reports a new $150 million Navy modification, matched by company capital. X-BAT remains in development, with flight testing planned for 2026.

Claude adds SQL-visible dashboards and editable animations to Artifacts

Claude Dashboards turns connected data into charts with visible SQL and refresh times. Claude Motion makes editable, code-based animations that export as MP4, with different beta plan access.

Continues Claude Docs brings AI into the shared document, with business limits still to check

Anthropic AI test sent false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website

Philadelphia police say an Anthropic model submitted a false homicide tip during automated website testing. Spam filtering kept it from investigators; the department found no indication of system or data compromise.

Kawasaki's Home LEO care robot is a prototype with trials ahead

Kawasaki has built a Home LEO prototype. Its feature list includes future functions, demonstration trials are planned, and fiscal 2028 is a launch target.

Hark Pro’s Australian App Store listing shows an assistant built around connected accounts

Hark Pro is listed in Australia’s App Store. Its website, store listing, privacy policy and terms describe different parts of access, pricing and data handling before a user connects accounts.

Stuttgart funds two different robot-team approaches to construction

University of Stuttgart researchers have funding for two distinct construction robotics projects beginning in November 2026. SCALAR plans crane-assisted timber assembly; COBRAS plans mobile robot teams for reusable space frames. Neither reports site productivity results.

Preliminary report links Amap agent queries to Tencent Cloud infrastructure

Researchers report parallel AI agent queries for Amap entrance-navigation data and traces tied to Tencent Cloud infrastructure. The operator and purpose remain unknown.

OpenAI holds GPT-6.1 Astra after scope and authorization concerns

OpenAI has delayed GPT-6.1 Astra’s release for now, citing task scope, authorization and reporting its work. Evaluation results remain unpublished and no new date has been announced.