March 12, 2025

Robotics

Google DeepMind introduces two Gemini-based models to bring AI to the real world – The Robot Report

Google’s robotics team applies expertise in machine learning, engineering, and physics simulation to address challenges facing the development of AI-powered robots. | Source: DeepMind Google DeepMind today introduced two new artificial intelligence models: Gemini Robotics, its Gemini 2.0-based model designed for robotics, and Gemini Robotics-ER, a Gemini model with advanced spatial understanding. DeepMind said it has been making progress in how Gemini solves complex problems through multimodal reasoning across text, images, audio, and video. Now,

The Robot Report Staff March 12, 2025

Software

Man Who Lost $775 Million in Bitcoin Now Wants to Buy the Entire Landfill | HackerNoon

James Howells, a computer engineer from Newport, U.K., is on a 12-year quest to recover a lost hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins, currently worth approximately $775 million, according to a report by ChainDesk. Howells accidentally discarded the hardware wallet in 2013, a time when Bitcoin traded at a mere $100 per coin. Now, as Bitcoin’s value has skyrocketed, Howells is pursuing a radical new strategy to retrieve his lost fortune. The saga began when Howells’

Jon Stojan Journalist March 12, 2025

Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build

Nous Research’s new API for “unrestricted” Hermes 3 and DeepHermes-3 AI models features toggle-on reasoning and a developer-first approach.Read More

Michael Nuñez March 12, 2025

Donald Trump Jr. has been boosting MAGA-related startups | TechCrunch

Since Donald Trump Jr. joined VC firm 1789 Capital after his father won the election, he’s been busy monetizing the Make America Great Again (MAGA) ecosystem. He’s been making bets in media, pharmaceutical, guns, and crypto while pushing against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Financial Times reported. The VC firm was co-founded by Trump donor Omeed Malik (who is also a backer of Substack) and has support from

Dominic-Madori Davis March 12, 2025

Opus Major raises $10M to bring people together through music and games

Opus Major has raised $10 million in funding to build a global game studio dedicated to crafting games and entertainment where the power of music brings people together. Backed by Griffin Gaming Partners, the round also included early investor Alven. Opus Major is embarking on its journey to create its first opus: a multiplayer adventure where music becomes magic. “Our mission at Opus Major is to make the world jam together. We have experienced countless

Dean Takahashi March 12, 2025

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs | TechCrunch

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the

Cody Corrall, Alyssa Stringer March 12, 2025

Robotics

A Deep Dive into the ADQ35-WB digitizer

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025Time: 10 AM Pacific, 1 PM EasternDuration: 25 minutes Join our webinar on ADQ35-WB to learn more about its capabilities and applications! The ADQ35-WB is a highly adaptable data acquisition module, offering a dual-channel configuration with a 5 GSPS sampling rate or a single-channel configuration at 10 GSPS. With an impressive 9.0 GHz usable analog bandwidth, it is perfect for high-frequency applications! Featuring an open onboard Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale KU115 FPGA,

Teledyne March 12, 2025

Sakana claims its AI-generated paper passed peer review — but it’s a bit more nuanced than that | TechCrunch

Japanese AI startup Sakana said that its AI generated one of the first peer-reviewed scientific publications. But while the claim isn’t necessarily untrue, there are caveats to note. The debate swirling around AI and its role in the scientific process grows fiercer by the day. Many researchers don’t think AI is quite ready to serve as a “co-scientist,” while others think that there’s potential — but acknowledge it’s early days. Sakana falls into the latter

Kyle Wiggers March 12, 2025

Are Google’s New Gemini Robotics Models the Key to Smarter, More Adaptable Robots?

4 min read Eliza Strickland is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum covering AI and biomedical engineering. Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. DeepMind’s new AI models were mostly trained with two robotic arms, but can also control humanoids and other hardware platforms. Google DeepMind Generative AI models are getting closer to taking action in the real world. Already, the big AI companies are introducing AI agents that can take care of web-based busywork

Eliza Strickland March 12, 2025

Introducing Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, AI models designed for robots to understand, act and react to the physical world.

Research Published 12 March 2025 Authors Carolina Parada Introducing Gemini Robotics, our Gemini 2.0-based model designed for robotics At Google DeepMind, we’ve been making progress in how our Gemini models solve complex problems through multimodal reasoning across text, images, audio and video. So far however, those abilities have been largely confined to the digital realm. In order for AI to be useful and helpful to people in the physical realm, they have to demonstrate “embodied”

Aaron Birnbaum and Matthew Makansi March 12, 2025