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Google DeepMind researchers have utilized AI agents to identify vulnerabilities in legacy RSA encryption methods, achieving results up to 1,600 times faster than traditional techniques. This significant advancement in cryptanalysis was shared by Pushmeet Kohli, DeepMind’s Vice President and Chief Sc...
Google DeepMind has showcased a novel robotics training method where its Gemini 4 Argon AI model learns tasks by observing videos and then applies this knowledge to Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot. This demonstration highlights the capabilities of Gemini 4 Argon, which integrates visual-semantic r...
Google DeepMind has announced the opening of a new robotics lab in the Boston area, specifically in Cambridge, as part of its initiative to enhance its hardware team. This development aims to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into physical systems, a project led by Aaron Saunders, the vice...
Google DeepMind is in the process of establishing a new robotics lab in the Cambridge area, as announced by Aaron Saunders, the former chief technology officer of Boston Dynamics. This new facility aims to support a hardware team that has been developing over the past year, with recruitment for mach...
Google DeepMind has announced the public release of the AlphaGenome Atlas, an online repository that provides pre-computed predictions for all 9 billion possible single-letter changes to the human genome. This tool simplifies the process for researchers, allowing them to access predictions without n...
Google DeepMind and Google Research have launched WeatherNext 3, an AI weather forecasting model designed to enhance weather information across various Google platforms, including Search and Google Maps. This model is notable for its ability to directly integrate core forecasting variables into majo...
On August 2, Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2, the latest version of its visual-language-action model. This new model enhances full-body control, advanced dexterity, and multi-robot collaboration, marking a significant advancement from its predecessor, which only managed upper-body tasks...
Google DeepMind recently launched Gemini Robotics 2, an advanced version of its vision-language-action model. This iteration features intelligent whole-body control, enabling robots to perform complex tasks such as walking, crouching, and object manipulation. The model can adapt to new robotic bodie...
Google DeepMind has unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, marking a significant advancement in robotics. This new intelligence layer enables robots to achieve whole-body control, enhanced dexterity, and collaborative capabilities among multiple robots. The introduction of Gemini Robotics 2 is crucial as it r...
On July 30, 2026, Google DeepMind announced the latest AI model for humanoid robots, Gemini Robotics 2. This model advances from upper-body control to full-body control, enabling walking, bending, and advanced dexterity, as well as collaborative tasks among multiple robots. Gemini Robotics 2 transl...
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a suite of AI models aimed at enhancing the autonomy of humanoid and other robots through advanced whole-body control and dexterity. This system is currently showcased on Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoid robot, which can execute full-body autonomous mov...
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a significant update that enhances its robotics capabilities. This new version expands beyond previous iterations by incorporating full-body movement control for humanoids, advanced manipulation for multi-fingered hands, and improved collaboration am...
Google DeepMind has announced the launch of Gemini Robotics 2, an advanced AI model capable of controlling humanoid robots from 'feet to fingertips.' This new version enhances the robot's ability to perform a variety of actions, including walking, crouching, and manipulating objects, significantly e...
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind have announced a new AI partnership aimed at enhancing humanoid robots with advanced artificial intelligence. This collaboration, revealed at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, will integrate Gemini Robotics AI foundation models with Boston Dynamics' Atlas® robots, focusing o...
On October 14, Google DeepMind officially launched the Gemini 4 Argon, a universal physical reasoning model. This model is designed to handle tasks such as robot control, virtual environment setup, training data quality inspection, and experimental replication. A demonstration with the Apptronik Apo...
The U.S. government, Meta, Google DeepMind, and other partners are collaborating to invest nearly $1.8 billion in the development of open biological datasets. This initiative aims to create 'virtual cells' that researchers can use to predict cellular behavior and conduct digital biological experimen...
Google DeepMind has introduced a new AI model named Gemini, designed to improve the dexterity of humanoid robots. This advancement enables robots to coordinate movements throughout their bodies, enhancing their ability to perform complex tasks. The introduction of Gemini AI is significant as it rep...
Google DeepMind has showcased its Gemini 4 Argon technology, which enables the Apptronik Apollo 2 humanoid robot to learn and execute cornhole throws. In a demonstration on October 13, Apollo 2 successfully made seven consecutive shots after learning from a human video through a video-to-simulation...
Foxglove has announced the speaker lineup for Actuate 26, its annual robotics developer conference, featuring leaders from Wayve, Aurora, Physical Intelligence, and more. The event will take place on August 18-19, 2026, at Fort Mason in San Francisco, showcasing technical talks, keynotes, and hands-...
AI-powered robotics company Apptronik has announced the opening of the newly expanded Robot Park, its flagship data collection and training facility for humanoid robots in Austin, Texas. The facility in Austin anchors a growing global network of Robot Parks at customer and partner sites around the w...
Google DeepMind has unveiled DiffusionGemma, an experimental open model designed for rapid text generation. This innovative model is optimized by NVIDIA to achieve enhanced performance on NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs and the NVIDIA RTX PRO platform. The release, which took place today, aims to push the b...
Boston Dynamics has announced that its quadruped robot, Spot, is now equipped with Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a high-level embodied reasoning model designed to enhance the robot's usability and intelligence for complex tasks. This development, revealed today, marks a significant advan...
DeepMind has unveiled its latest and most sophisticated embodied reasoning model, which incorporates a cutting-edge "agentic vision" system designed specifically for industrial inspections. This new technology aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of multi-view success detection in various ind...
Google DeepMind has announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing its artificial intelligence models and advancing the field of industrial robotics. The collaboration will center on gathering data from real-world robotic operations, which is expected to provide valuable insights for improving the p...
Agile Robots, based in Munich, has entered into a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind to enhance industrial robotics. This collaboration seeks to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models with advanced industrial hardware, addressing the prevalent issue of data bottlenecks in the f...
After the closure of his startup, a former Disney Imagineer and veteran of Boston Dynamics has partnered with Aaron Saunders to promote advancements in Physical AI. This collaboration aims to leverage their combined expertise in robotics and artificial intelligence to develop innovative solutions th...
Google DeepMind has introduced Project Genie, an innovative experimental tool that utilizes the Genie 3 world model to generate interactive 3D environments from textual descriptions and images. Launched recently, this project aims to address the challenges of data limitations in robotics, which is a...
DeepMind's robotics lab recently provided an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse into its innovative work, highlighting the development of advanced "thinking" robots capable of long-term planning. This showcase aimed to illustrate the potential of these technologies in real-world applications. Howev...
In a recent interview, Carolina Parada from Google DeepMind highlighted the innovative features of Gemini Robotics 1.5, particularly its unique 'agentic' two-part brain. Parada emphasized the robot's impressive capability to transfer skills across different robotic platforms, showcasing a significan...
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 1.5, an advanced AI framework aimed at enhancing the capabilities of robots. This new system allows robots to evolve from merely following commands to becoming 'physical agents' capable of reasoning, planning, and acquiring skills across various hardwar...
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device, a cutting-edge vision-language-action model that operates directly on robotic hardware. This innovative technology is designed to enhance the performance of autonomous robots by minimizing latency and increasing robustness across diverse envi...
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