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Robots poised for 'ChatGPT moment,' Unitree CEO says

Robots poised for 'ChatGPT moment,' Unitree CEO says

By Eduardo Baptista, Ju-min Park and Laurie Chen BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The CEO of Chinese humanoid robot unicorn…

August 20, 2026

Nebius upsizes debt sale to $5 billion to fund data centers, AI platform

Aug 19 (Reuters) - AI cloud provider Nebius Group  on Wednesday upsized its debt offering to $5 billion from $4.5…

August 20, 2026

Citi, HSBC, StanChart adopt Ant International’s forex AI tool

By Selena Li HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Ant International launched an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model…

August 20, 2026

Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared…

August 20, 2026

Amazon plans drone delivery expansion to about 500 US locales

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Amazon said on Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery service…

August 20, 2026

LG Energy, once fixed on EV batteries, jumps to Plan B

(Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 2) By Kalea Hall Aug 19 (Reuters) - A few years ago, battery…

August 20, 2026

LG Energy, once fixed on EV batteries, jumps to Plan B

(Corrects to remove faulty hyperlink in paragraph 2) By Kalea Hall Aug 19 (Reuters) - A few years ago, battery…

August 20, 2026

Ex-Meta executive says Zuckerberg put growth before child safety

By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel OAKLAND, California, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former engineering director at…

August 20, 2026

Europe AI data centres seek cheaper, quicker energy and land

By Simon Jessop and Iain Withers LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Europe's developers of data centres for artificial intelligence are…

August 20, 2026

Alphabet raises $3.9 billion in inaugural Australian dollar bond

HONG KONG, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet has raised A$5.5 billion ($3.89 billion) via its inaugural Australian dollar debt issuance,…

August 20, 2026