AI companions are beginning to move beyond chat windows and into physical spaces where interaction, expression and personal experience matter. Chinese technology company Leim Technology says its non-verbal emotional AI companion, bibo, will partner with the 2026 Suzhou Open, a WTA125 tournament, as the event’s “player emotional ambassador.” The collaboration offers an early look at…
Autonomous navigation systems have a visibility problem: radar, AIS and electronic charts provide critical information, but each has blind spots. SEA.AI and maritime navigation specialist Anschütz are attempting to close part of that gap by integrating AI-powered optical and thermal object detection into the Autonomics Navigation Suite, adding a machine-vision layer designed to identify small…
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….
