Industrial AI is moving from detecting objects to interpreting complex visual environments in real time. Advantech is targeting that shift with a new portfolio of edge AI platforms built around Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ-9075 processor, including a SMARC module, robotic controllers and an edge AI system designed for multi-camera computer vision, robotics and industrial automation. Advantech…
Humanoid robots have spent years learning to walk, grasp objects and perform choreographed demonstrations. Galbot is now testing a harder proposition: whether an embodied AI system can understand and compete in a dynamic sport. During the opening ceremony of the Second World Humanoid Robot Games, Galbot humanoid robots played human athletes in what the company…
The US Open is turning more of its live tennis data into an interactive AI experience. IBM and the United States Tennis Association are introducing new and upgraded features across USOpen.org and the US Open app, including AI-generated Serve Quality scores, Key Moments analysis, a personalized Live Updates homepage and an expanded conversational Match Chat….
AI in hearing aids has largely focused on one problem: reducing background noise. Signia is taking a broader approach with its new Multi-adaptive Xperience, or MaX, platform, which uses four deep neural networks to simultaneously analyze speech, noise, environmental conditions and the wearer’s own voice. The platform launches August 24 in the U.S., Germany and…
Financial advisor succession is becoming a data and workflow problem as much as a relationship-management challenge. AmeriFlex Group is attempting to address it with Scout, an AI-enabled program that analyzes hundreds of advisory firms and creates detailed profiles in the time previously required to evaluate a single practice. The advisor-owned hybrid RIA is initially testing…
Robo.ai entered the second half of 2026 with a dramatically different balance sheet and business mix. The Nasdaq-listed UAE technology company reported $55.1 million in first-half revenue, up from $0.6 million a year earlier, while acquisitions and the disposal of its legacy ICONIQ business reshaped the company around artificial intelligence, data processing and newly acquired…
AI avatar technology is moving into a more demanding phase. The novelty of making a digital person speak is fading as creators and businesses increasingly judge these systems on lip-sync accuracy, natural movement, visual consistency and how reliably they can produce content at scale. Wizstar AI Avatar entered that conversation on August 21, ranking No….
At the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, Galaxea AI used a series of deliberately difficult robotics demonstrations to make a broader argument about embodied artificial intelligence: the industry’s next challenge is no longer proving that robots can move, but proving they can keep working when the real world refuses to cooperate. Galaxea AI Shows…
AI assistants are becoming a new interface for researching products, analyzing information and making decisions. Longbridge Group is betting that investing will follow the same path. The AI-native financial technology company has launched Longbridge as a plugin on ChatGPT and a connector on Claude, allowing authorized users to bring portfolio context, watchlists and investment goals…
