The open-source robot is fully programmable in Python, allowing tinkerers to create and test AI applications for the desktop-sized device, which features “expressive movement” with a motorized head and body, as well as multimodal sensing.
The $449 Reach Mini is wireless and powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 minicomputer. There’s also a cheaper, $299 Reachy Mini Lite model that requires a wired connection to a computer.
Someone impersonating the Secretary of State sent AI text and voice messages to foreign ministers, a US governor, and a Congress member, according to a report from The Washington Post. The person contacted the officials on the encrypted messaging app Signal and over text.
A memo seen by WaPo said the imposter “likely aimed to manipulate targeted individuals... with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts.”
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The attorneys defending MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in a defamation case (which he lost) were ordered to pay $3,000 each for putting AI-generated misquotes and “citations of cases that do not exist” in a brief submitted in February, as reported by ArsTechnica.
More and more lawyers are getting caught — and punished — for including AI hallucinations in their work, and this trend will likely only continue to grow.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) have introduced the Warrior Right to Repair Act of 2025, which would force contractors to give the Department of Defense “fair and reasonable” access to repair parts, tools, and information.
Earlier this year, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll committed to adding right-to-repair provisions in existing and future contracts with manufacturers. This bill would extend the policy to other branches of the military.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that users in India will now be able to access AI Mode in Search, a chatbot-style search feature that provides AI-generated responses based on sources across the web. The feature is still only available in English for now.
The third iOS 26 developer beta includes a new Sleep Detection feature for AirPods that allows them to “sense when you fall asleep and automatically pause media.” 9to5Mac first rumored this feature last month, which some users saw in the second iOS 26 developer beta as well.
