Meta’s acquisition of Manus is facing a serious problem in China. Two of the startup’s top figures have reportedly been told they cannot leave the country while regulators review the deal, turning what looked like a major AI expansion into a sensitive legal and business issue. The story matters because Manus is not a small

RPA (robotic process automation) is a practical and proven way to reduce manual work in business processes without AI systems. By using software bots to follow fixed rules, companies can automate repetitive tasks like data entry and invoice processing, and to a certain extent, report generation. Adoption grew quickly in many sectors, especially in finance,

At a glance VLM-based robot planners struggle with long, complex tasks because natural-language plans can be ambiguous, especially when specifying both actions and locations. GroundedPlanBench evaluates whether models can plan actions and determine where they should occur across diverse, real-world robot scenarios. Video-to-Spatially Grounded Planning (V2GP) is a framework that converts robot demonstration videos into

At a glance To successfully complete tasks, embodied AI agents must ground and update their plans based on visual feedback. AsgardBench isolates whether agents can use visual observations to revise their plans as tasks unfold. Spanning 108 controlled task instances across 12 task types, the benchmark requires agents to adapt their plans based on what

Claude is starting to move beyond the chat box. Anthropic has introduced a new feature that lets its AI assistant use a person’s computer to complete tasks, including opening apps, browsing the web, and working with spreadsheets. It is a clear step toward AI tools that do more than answer questions. The idea is simple,

OpenAI is shutting down Sora, the AI video app that drew wide attention for turning short text prompts into realistic video clips. In a public message, the company thanked the people who used the product and said more details would come soon about timing and how users can preserve their work. The decision goes beyond

Ok, I’m going to ask this question, even though I already know the answer. When was the last time you used Siri for something critical? I thought so. It’s been around for a while, but it hasn’t necessarily been useful. That may change soon. Apparently, Apple is building a new version of Siri from scratch,

AI agents are starting to take on a more direct role in how financial advice is delivered, as large banks move into systems that support client interactions. Bank of America is now deploying an internal AI-powered advisory platform to a subset of financial advisers, rolled out to around 1,000 financial advisers, according to Banking Dive.

To gain financial data insights, the majority of family offices now turn to AI, according to new research from Ocorian. The global study reveals 86 percent of these private wealth groups are utilising AI to improve their daily operations and data analysis. Representing a combined wealth of $119.37 billion, these organisations want machine learning to

Notch, an AI platform built for regulated industries, has closed a $30 million Series A round, bringing total funding to $45 million. The round was led by Headline, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jibe Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Phoenix Insurance. The breadth of investors reflects growing appetite from the financial and insurance sectors for