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πŸ€– RealBOTs Take On Real Work

Chinese company RealMan Robotics plans to place almost 1,000 RealBOT units in workplaces in 2026. At WRC 2026 in Beijing, demos showed robots sorting medicines, inspecting a distribution switchboard, baking with human cooks, and handling remote equipment commissioning at the Changzhou factory.

The Global Link Network lets a human operator control the robot remotely, with claimed millisecond-level latency across thousands of kilometers. A scarce skill can reach the needed site without sending the specialist there.

Each task produces data from unpredictable conditions. More work should make the robots better at working.

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🌐 Chinese AI Models Close the Gap

A Bloomberg chart compares Chinese models in orange with US models in blue, using a weighted average across 9 benchmarks. Frontier models are connected by a line.

Over the past couple of years, the capability gap has narrowed sharply. Claims that Chinese models lag by 6-9 months look outdated, especially since GLM-5.3 is not included. Prices are not even part of the chart.

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πŸ€– OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Prices

API access and model credits are now over 20% cheaper. The new rates will last for the next three months.

The API gets the new rates first.

ChatGPT Work and Codex
will follow, while paid subscriptions remain unchanged and standard user limits stay the same.

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β˜€οΈ Solar Prototype Produces Extra Power

More than 1,700 solar cells cover a flexible photovoltaic skin on a boxfish-inspired prototype built by graduate students at Clemson University with BMW support. Flat surfaces reduce drag, while Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute helped develop the skin.

The car weighs 550 kg. A skeletal chassis with 3D-printed metal joints and lightweight composite panels keeps it light.

Simulations say a 20 km daily trip uses 1.6 kWh, while a sunny day could produce 5.7 kWh, adding up to 50 km of extra range while parked. These are not measurements and assume ideal weather and an open parking spot. Battery, speed, crash-testing, and comfort details were not disclosed.

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6️⃣ GTA VI Leak Case Reaches Court

Take-Two asked a court to make Microsoft and Discord identify Cyberleek, the group leaking gameplay from a fully working GTA VI build. The companies have until September 4 to provide the hackers’ data.

The request also covers people who merely connected to the same servers. Take-Two is seeking the attackers’ identities. A previous Rockstar hacker was sent to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely in 2023.

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πŸ” Google Adds Remote Control to Antigravity

Agents running in Antigravity can now be controlled from a phone or another computer through a regular browser. The original machine keeps working on the task.

Users can check progress and send new commands from the browser. The agent’s files and settings remain on the machine where it started.

Antigravity also sends phone notifications when an agent finishes a stage or needs a reply. A long task can continue on a work computer after the user leaves it.

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πŸ€– Robot Sets 100-Meter World Record

On the first day in Beijing, Tiangong Ultra finished in 9.39 seconds. Several robots broke the record, while Usain Bolt’s official human mark is 9.58 seconds.

The event covers athletics, football, tennis, combat sports, dancing, plus household tasks such as opening bottles and sorting. Tiangong Ultra was developed by Beijing innovation centers.

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πŸŽ₯ Same Video, New Angle

As Sarah Connor said: β€œWhen they chase you, always run toward a wall.”

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