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Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the Pentagon prepares for potential ground operations in Iran, The Intercept reported Tuesday, citing two US government officials. The New York Times reported a day earlier that the US War […]

Can AI Save More Energy Than It Consumes? Authored by Haley Zaremba via Oilprice.com, Biglaw firm Duane Morris argues the energy sector's greatest AI-related risk is not surging power demand but failing to adopt AI tools fast enough to remain competitive. MIT research challenges industry claims that AI efficiency gains will offset its enormous energy consumption, while new data centers continue to be approved at record pace. AI shows genuine promise in clean energy applications - from nuclear fusion modeling to EV battery recovery - but the AI investment boom is simultaneously diverting...

China's Alibaba Unveils AI Brains Designed To Power The Next Generation Of Robots Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering, Chinese firm Alibaba has launched its first embodied AI model family, which links large language models with real-world robotic actions. The Qwen-Robot suite includes three distinct models, each targeting a different layer of physical intelligence.Unitree/YouTube The Qwen-Robot suite was developed by Alibaba's Tongyi Lab and is undergoing pilot testing with selected Alibaba Cloud enterprise clients. The suite comprises three models focused on navigation, manipulation, and world modeling for robots operating in physical environments. Alibaba said...