AI news of 27 September 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

Researchers plug GPT-6 Astra directly into a robot and let it clean up an unfamiliar kitchen

Humanoid robot powered by GPT-6 Astra independently cleans unfamiliar kitchen without specialized training layer.

Researchers from Stanford and Caltech had a humanoid robot powered by GPT-6 Astra independently tidy up an unfamiliar kitchen. Their HomeBody system skips a specially trained control layer, letting the language model call directly into modular skills like grasping and navigating.

The Decoder 13h ago 1 min read

speech recognition AI

Nvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speakers in real time Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Nvidia releases free model that identifies multiple speakers in real-time conversation.

The Decoder 13h ago

AI music tools

Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music

Music startup launches Engram, a sampler that uses AI to process and generate audio for music production.

The Verge 7h ago

AI shopping assistants

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google tests AI shopping assistant integration with Flipkart in India for select users.

TechCrunch 22h ago

OpenAI, model development

OpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT 7 and beyond

OpenAI says most research targets GPT 7 and beyond, treating current models as short-term intermediate steps.

The Decoder 13h ago

AI infrastructure capex

Goldman Sachs expects Big Tech to spend $1.2 trillion on AI infrastructure by 2027, dwarfing Wall Street estimates

Goldman Sachs forecasts Big Tech will spend 1.2 trillion dollars on AI infrastructure by 2027, far exceeding prior estimates.

The Decoder 15h ago

AI coding agents

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system reduces coding agent token usage by nearly 50 percent with minimal performance loss.

The Decoder 1d ago

Frontier AI capabilities

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Frontier AI models complete Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.

TechCrunch 2d ago

GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reaches 80 percent accuracy at detecting IKEA assembly errors, up from 28 percent in November 2025.

The Decoder 1d ago

frontier AI models

Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

Meta Muse, Anthropic Opus 5.5 and OpenAI GPT-6 launches accelerate AI model competition.

TechCrunch 2d ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

Researchers plug GPT-6 Astra directly into a robot and let it clean up an unfamiliar kitchen

Nvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speakers in real time Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT 7 and beyond

Goldman Sachs expects Big Tech to spend $1.2 trillion on AI infrastructure by 2027, dwarfing Wall Street estimates

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf

Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

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