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Former Meta Researchers Launch Perceptron’s Open-Weight Visual AI for Warehouses and Factories

Perceptron has launched Isaac 0.5, an open-weight visual AI model aimed at robots, warehouses and factory-floor automation.

Bill Gates backs a robot tax and Human Reserved jobs, adding new urgency to the robot tax debate over AI, labor and policy.

Ox Alpha has been revealed as a Z.ai model, intensifying pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic as open-weight AI competition heats up.

Physical AI startups are booming, but robotics still lacks the data and reliability needed for a true breakthrough in physical AI.

Arga Labs raised $10 million to train enterprise AI agents in realistic software twins built for Salesforce, Workday and more.

QueryStory launches with a $6 million seed round and a plan to make enterprise AI answers transparent, auditable and trustworthy.

Legato emerges with $12M to launch AI hearing glasses that aim to make hearing support discreet, cheaper and easier to adopt.

Runable raised $21 million to expand AI agents that help small businesses build websites, run ads, and grow customers.

AI slop is flooding animal feeds, fueling scams, skepticism and new verification efforts as creators and nonprofits fight to prove what’s real.

Bill Gates warns AI inequality could deepen unless governments tax automation, protect human jobs and build global oversight.