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Tuesday 18 August 2026 · 27 stories
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Peer-reviewed optical-fibre sensor estimates underwater flow with a ResNet-LSTM model
AI, model routing and enterprise architecture
Drones and uncrewed systems
Underwater robotics: an optical-fibre sensor
Unitree releases the high-speed Superman humanoid ahead of its Shanghai market debut
An investigation questions Microsoft's disclosures on AI capacity growth
Anthropic's reported 2028 revenue projection becomes the centre of IPO valuation
SANS Cloud Security Exchange opens with AI and cloud-security architecture to the fore
US draft says AI coalition partners must choose Washington or Beijing
Cloud, data engineering and analytics
Cybersecurity and AI safety
Restricted-model access through a gateway
Humanoid robotics: Unitree Superman
WorldClaw routes American and restricted Chinese AI models through a crypto-linked marketplace
Safe Physical AI workshop ends with emphasis on verifiable robot and autonomous-system controls
Semiconductors and the big technology companies
Finance, crypto and FinTech AI
US-China AI coalition: the alignment debate
WorldClaw’s WorldRouter illustrates why gateways must expose the true downstream model and provider.
Relevant commercial update: Smack’s US$61 million round and prototype plans were reported, alongside earlier US Marine Corps and Navy discussions.
World Robot Conference shifts China’s humanoid sector from spectacle to commercial tests
Velaura AI raises US$110 million Series A and crosses US$1 billion valuation
How open US military-funded research accelerated Unitree robot dogs
OpenAI slows frontier work and rewrites safeguards after agent-security failures
OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT experience for teenagers
