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Stanford researchers have invented a breakthrough brain chip that helps restore vision to blind people. When implanted in the back of the eye and paired with smart glasses.
In clinical trials, 27 of 32 visually-impaired participants regained the ability to read within a year. This is possibly the first prosthetic device to restore actual form vision (not just light sensitivity), offering new hope to people with irreversible central vision loss.

SoftBank has approved a second installment of $22.5 billion to finish its planned $30 billion investment in OpenAI

Unitree has launched an educational platform teaching students how to train, operate, and maintain its Go2 quadruped robots. The curriculum covers everything from hardware basics to autonomous navigation — another sign that these $1,600 "robo-dogs" are racing from novelty use towards mainstream adoption.

Amazon has unveiled Blue Jay, a new robotics system for its warehouses that can pick, sort, and consolidate packages in a single assembly line.

Uber and Nebius are investing up to $375M in Avride, Nebius' autonomous vehicle subsidiary, to accelerate its driverless fleet to as many as 500 cars.

Elon Musk predicts that Tesla will remove the safety monitor from its robotaxis by the end of 2025 and expand its robotaxi service to 8–10 new markets.

General Motors will roll out a Google Gemini-powered AI assistant in its vehicles next year, offering drivers smarter voice interactions and access to messaging, routes, and vehicle information.

Amazon debuts AI-powered glasses for delivery drivers: The smart glasses are designed to assist delivery drivers with scanning packages, navigating routes, and spotting hazards hands-free. A small vest-mounted controller powers the glasses, which support prescription lenses and include an emergency button. Future versions aim to detect misdelivered packages, pets, and low-light hazards. Earlier reports also suggest that a model for consumers could arrive in late 2026 or early 2027.

Samsung takes on Apple with Galaxy XR: The $1,800 mixed-reality device is powered by Google’s Android XR OS and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip. Weighing 545g and featuring a 27-million-pixel micro-OLED display, with two pass-through and six tracking cameras, Gemini for AI-powered navigation, search, and media. The headset is currently available in the US and Korea.

Shopify and Lovable are partnering to let anyone build an online store with simple prompts. With this integration, Users will be able to describe their store concept, add products and images, then publish directly to Shopify — all through the chat interface. The platform handles everything from checkout systems to product descriptions automatically.

YouTube launched a likeness-detection tool that flags AI uses of your face or voice, lets verified users request removal or copyright takedowns, and requires ID plus a selfie video

OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Atlas — an AI-powered web browser with Memory and Agent Mode that takes on Google’s dominance in search engines. It’s available on macOS, with other platforms to follow soon