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• Nvidia Declares the Rise of ‘Physical AI’ — and a World Run by Robots

  17-03-2026 19:57 via eweek.com
  AI is no longer just living in data centers and chatbots. Nvidia says it is stepping into the physical world.At its GTC conference, Nvidia announced a major push to accelerate “physical AI.” The company revealed new AI models, simulation frameworks, and partnerships with global robotics companies to help build the next generation of robots for factories, hospitals, and logistics systems.Nvidia said it’s working with robotics companies across multiple sectors, from industrial ma
  
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• Nvidia Expands AI Agent Ecosystem With New Toolkit for Adobe, SAP, Salesforce

  17-03-2026 19:11 via eweek.com
  At its GTC conference, the Santa Clara-based company unveiled the Nvidia Agent Toolkit, an open-source software platform designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents that not only respond to commands but also think, plan, and act autonomously.It’s a significant pivot from hardware dominance into the increasingly crowded arena of enterprise software, and Nvidia is bringing some very big friends along for the ride.Adobe, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Siemens, Atlassian, and more than a dozen
  
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• 9 AI Email Prompts and Templates for Clear, Professional Messages

  17-03-2026 19:03 via eweek.com
  In today’s corporate environment, email remains the most widely used communication tool across industries. From sales and customer support to management and recruiting, professionals send dozens of emails every week. Yet many people still struggle to write messages that are clear, well-structured, and respectful of the reader’s time.But what if you had a system that worked every single time?AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot can help solve that problem. However, th
  
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• AI Singer Nava Becomes a Symbol of Resistance for Iranians

  17-03-2026 17:35 via eweek.com
  An AI-generated singer has become an unexpected symbol of resistance for many Iranians after her song “Javanan-e Vatane” (“Youth of the Homeland”) drew more than 13 million Instagram views.
  The track’s rapid spread has turned Nava from a digital art project into a political and cultural flashpoint.
  The digital vocalist, Nava, was created by UK-based, Iran-born artist Farbod Mehr. Mehr has said he designed the character to represent Iranian women, who are banned from
  
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• Are You in a High-Risk AI Job? New Study Reveals the Most Exposed Roles

  17-03-2026 17:02 via eweek.com
  Artificial intelligence is expected to wreak havoc on the job market, with industry leaders and policymakers warning that entire professions and sectors could disappear in the next few years.New research suggests that adaptability, rather than exposure, may be the key factor in how long someone is temporarily out of work due to AI. The researchers mapped thousands of jobs using this scale, with adaptability defined by factors such as education level, wealth, age, and the availability of work in
  
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• Humanoid Military Robots Deployed to Ukraine for Battlefield Testing

  17-03-2026 16:49 via eweek.com
  Humanoid robots built for military use have been delivered to Ukraine for testing.A US robotics startup, Foundation, deployed two of its Phantom MK-1 humanoid robots to Ukraine in Feb. for battlefield testing. The machines were sent to conduct reconnaissance and help engineers evaluate how the technology performs under real combat conditions.The San Francisco-based company unveiled the Phantom MK-1 in October 2025 as a humanoid robot designed specifically for military operations. Standing about
  
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• Britannica Sues OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Misuse and Brand Harm

  17-03-2026 16:31 via eweek.com
  Britannica is coming for OpenAI. In a new lawsuit, the publisher accuses the company of taking its copyrighted content to build and improve ChatGPT, then sending that material back out in responses that allegedly borrowed too much and sometimes got attribution wrong. Filed in federal court in New York, the complaint says the problem goes beyond training data. Britannica and Merriam-Webster claim ChatGPT’s outputs can act as substitutes for their work while also attaching their names t
  
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• Everything Nvidia Just Announced at GTC 2026: 7 Chips, 5 Racks, 1 Giant Bet on Agentic AI

  17-03-2026 15:12 via eweek.com
  Nvidia’s GTC conference kicked off yesterday, and it’s basically the company’s Super Bowl. Actually, at this point, it might as well be the official Super Bowl of the whole AI industry. No other event has brought together as many industries, companies, AI influencers, VCs, and startups in one place. We say all this not to give you FOMO, but to clarify for non-tech people: this event is a big deal. Now, last year at GTC, Jensen said he saw $500B in high-confidence demand. I
  
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• OpenAI Debuts GPT-5.4 mini and nano for Coding, Automation, and Multimodal Tasks

  17-03-2026 14:32 via eweek.com
  OpenAI is shrinking GPT-5.4 without scaling back its ambitions. The AI company has launched GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano, introducing faster, cheaper versions of its flagship model built for high-volume workloads where speed and cost matter most.According to OpenAI, the new models inherit many of GPT-5.4’s strengths while targeting coding, subagents, multimodal tasks, and other jobs that require quick response times without the heavier price tag. Built for different kinds of workThe
  
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• Apple Cuts China App Store Fees to 25% After Regulator Talks

  17-03-2026 11:58 via eweek.com
  Apple has lowered App Store commission rates in mainland China, cutting its standard fee from 30% to 25% and reducing some discounted rates from 15% to 12%. The change took effect on March 15 and applies to paid apps and in-app purchases sold through the mainland China App Store.
  The fee cut is limited to China, where Apple said it made the change after discussions with the country’s regulator. Apple did not announce similar changes for other App Store markets.
  What changed for developers
  
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• At GTC 2026, Jensen Huang Shows How Nvidia Plans to Run the ‘Full AI Stack’

  17-03-2026 01:12 via eweek.com
  Before Jensen Huang said a word at GTC 2026, Nvidia had already framed the moment: the leather jacket, the vision, the sense that something big was about to be announced.Huang is no longer just the CEO presiding over the AI boom. He has become one of its central figures, a rare tech leader whose stage appearances feel less like product launches and more like industry forecasts.That’s what made this year’s keynote different. Nvidia billed GTC as a tour of the “full AI stack,&rdq
  
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