Robots+5Sep 1
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John Deere puts camera-guided planter upgrades into full production
FurrowVision and ExactEmerge, Deere's planter upgrades, entered full production for new planter systems as of today. FurrowVision watches the seed furrow with three cameras and a laser-line projector, judges its quality, adjusts wheel pressure, and warns the operator when conditions drift. So a grower buying a new planter hears about a bad furrow during the pass. Without that, furrow problems tend to surface only when the crop comes up.
Agents+2Sep 1
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OpenClaw 2.0 ships with simpler setup and shared agent workspaces
Version 2.0 of OpenClaw, released today is an open-source overhaul, meaning anyone can download and run it, and it touches installation, messaging, memory, skills, automations, browser and native apps, plugins, and security. A rebuilt browser app and a simplified first-time setup lower the effort of getting a first automation going. Shared cloud sessions let one person hand live work to another without losing the context, so a small task can grow into collaborative work across messages, files, and connected services.
Audio+2Robots+2Sep 1
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Owners can now speak requests to Matic's floor-cleaning robot
Owners of Matic's floor-cleaning robot can speak their requests to it as of today, naming a room such as the kitchen. Hand gestures work as well: point at a spill and the robot goes to it. Matic says more than 10,000 homes have one of its machines.
Text+2Aug 31
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Pentagon adds ChatGPT and Grok tools to its secure AI portal
The Defense Department added OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, its central generative-AI portal, yesterday. All 3 million civilian and military personnel can use them for routine unclassified work, including chat, files, projects, planning, logistics, and administrative tasks. That gives defense staff a sanctioned place to do that work instead of typing department material into ordinary consumer AI services.
Text+2Sep 1
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Polimill's QommonsAI now runs in about 1,050 Japanese municipalities
About 1,050 Japanese municipalities now use Polimill's QommonsAI platform for work such as drafting assembly responses, public services, welfare, and legal search, the company said today. Polimill standardized government records across those municipalities, so a staff member can search administrative history and specialized documents through one interface instead of opening separate local archives in their own formats. The company also says OpenAI's Codex sped its own development work by three to five times.
