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Amazon says that it has developed a new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” some of the items it touches. The two-armed Vulcan, which can maneuver goods inside the storage compartments Amazon has in its warehouses, uses force sensors to help it know when it makes contact with an object. One arm rearranges items in a compartment, while the second arm — which is equipped with a camera and suction cup — grabs items. Amazon says that Vulcan was trained on physical data, including force and touch feedback to pick around 75% of Amazon’s stock, and that it’s capable of self-improving…

OpenAI is launching a program, OpenAI for Countries, that the company says will enable it to build out the local infrastructure needed to better serve international AI customers. As a part of the new program, OpenAI will partner with governments to assist with efforts like building out data center capacity and customizing OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT, for specific languages and local needs. Funding for the program will come from OpenAI as well as from governments in each country, according to the startup. The goal is to pursue 10 international projects to start, but OpenAI hasn’t said where they’ll be located…

It was part of JD Vance’s first international trip as United States vice president: The former senator from Ohio was taking a tour of Europe, representing the second administration of President Donald Trump on the world stage. A major point on his itinerary was a speech he would give to the 61st annual Munich Security Conference on February 14, in front of leaders representing some of the US’s closest allies. But rather than celebrate those historic ties, Vance took a more aggressive approach. Perched at the podium in Munich, he shocked onlookers by criticising Europe, warning against laws and restrictions…

As America’s top-selling yogurt brand with $3 billion (annual revenue) and yogurt sales up 20% last … More year, Chobani is in a position most food companies would envy.Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images I’m back this week with a more in-depth Fresh Take newsletter for you, and I hope you enjoy the new format! I’ve been a reporter at Forbes for well over a decade now, and I’m hoping that my expertise will help provide much-needed context behind the headlines. What a time to be reporting on all things food, agriculture and sustainability! I’m honored to be doing it.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of Haverford College was berated by Republican lawmakers in a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism Wednesday, with some suggesting the school should lose federal funding because of her refusal to discuss student discipline in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests.Wendy Raymond appeared alongside two other college presidents on Capitol Hill but was singled out as the only one who would not detail punishments for students and faculty accused of anti-Jewish bias. Asked repeatedly, Raymond said her institution does not publicize the outcomes of disciplinary processes.“I suppose it’s your First Amendment right to be evasive, but it’s…

Enterprise workflow management platform ServiceNow on Wednesday announced its second AI-related acquisition this year. ServiceNow said that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Data.World, a cloud-native data catalog and data governance platform. Austin, Texas-based Data.World was founded in 2015 and previously raised more than $130 million in venture financing from firms such as Alumni Ventures, Prologis Ventures, and Shasta Ventures, according to Crunchbase. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Data.World was most recently valued at $350 million in the company’s $50 million Series C round in 2022, per PitchBook. Gaurav Rewari, an SVP and GM of data…

Cisco will use quantum entanglement to harness the combined power of multiple small, distributed quantum computers to operate as a single massive quantum computer. Einstein called it ‘spooky action at a distance’: the property of a pair of entangled particles, such as photons, to correlate across time and distance. Einstein worried that it defied classical laws of physics and questioned his theory of relativity. However, contemporary physicists are harnessing this property to advance telecommunication (itself literally, even if coincidentally, meaning ‘communication at a distance’). The most common use of entanglement today is within quantum key distribution (QKD), where security based…

Circula, a Berlin-based SaaS company streamlining corporate expense processes, has raised €15m to accelerate its market leadership in AI-driven finance tools.The latest round was backed by existing investors Capnamic Ventures, Alstin Capital, Peak, and Storm Ventures, as well as strategic debt investor CIBC Innovation Banking. Previous investors also joined the round, doubling down on their support for the company.Founded in 2018, Circula provides an AI-powered expense management platform designed to simplify how companies handle travel expenses, per diems, credit card transactions, and employee benefits. The software aims to boost compliance, reduce manual work, and improve user experience for finance teams…

President Trump has denied knowledge of Libya deportations, though his officials have sought to deport migrants abroad.Authorities in Libya, a country still divided after years of civil war, have denied reports that they will receive undocumented migrants deported by the United States. The Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday that deportation flights from the US to the North African country could begin this week, despite previous government reports raising alarm over unsafe conditions there. The National Unity government, which controls western Libya, said in a statement that it rejected the use of its territory as a destination for deporting migrants…

CodeAnt AI on Wednesday announced raising $2 million in seed funding for its code quality and application security platform. The funding, which values the company at $20 million, came from Y Combinator, VitalStage Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, DeVC, Transpose Platform, Entrepreneur First, and angel investors.  The investment will be used to expand CodeAnt AI’s engineering and business development teams and to scale the startup’s platform. Founded by Amartya Jha and Chinmay Bharti, CodeAnt has developed an AI-powered platform designed to directly integrate into the development workflow, enabling developers to fix code quality issues and vulnerabilities with one click.  The solution automatically…