Today, Tencent Robotics X Lab announced its latest research achievement, the home environment robot 'Xiao Wu'. This robot aims to become an indispensable assistant in households, capable of walking and transporting objects in real environments, and even assisting the elderly. Xiao Wu's design overturns the traditional concept of robots by adopting a four-legged wheel-foot composite structure. This design allows for faster movement on flat surfaces while maintaining adaptability over uneven terrains. This flexibility enables Xiao Wu to operate in various environments such as homes and nursing homes.

Lumen Technologies is attempting to improve its financial situation by diversifying its business and restructuring its $20 billion debt through AI-related contracts. CFO Chris Stansbury acknowledges severe debt structure issues and has negotiated with creditors to obtain new credit lines and defer billions in maturing debt. The company focuses on AI connectivity services, recently securing a $5 billion contract with an additional $7 billion in po....

A research team composed of Renmin University of China, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Shanghai AI Lab has developed a technology called Ref-AVS, aimed at solving the challenge of artificial intelligence understanding the complex physical world. This technology utilizes a unique multimodal fusion method that integrates Video Object Segmentation (VOS), Video Object Reference Segmentation (Ref-VOS), and audiovisual segmentation (AVS) information, enabling AI systems to accurately identify and locate specific objects in audiovisual scenes, regardless of whether those objects produce sound. To validate the effectiveness of the technology, the research team...