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🏢 Apexon launches AgentRise to grow Agentic AI in enterprises

Apexon unveiled a platform designed to embed agentic AI across enterprise workflows. The platform combines proprietary intelligence models, governance frameworks, and reusable assets to deploy AI agents tailored to industry-specific processes. Early results include 40% faster processing, 30% workload reduction, and improved operational accuracy. Backed by built-in security and compliance, AgentRise aims to accelerate AI adoption at scale and has earned Apexon recognition as an "Emerging Leader" in Gartner’s 2025 Generative AI Consulting and Implementation Guide.

🏥 Cedars-Sinai’s AI platform supports 42,000 patients

Cedars-Sinai launched CS Connect, an AI-powered virtual care platform that handles patient intake and symptom assessment 24/7. Built with K Health, the system integrates medical records, asks patients guided questions, and summarizes findings for physicians, freeing doctors to focus on treatment. In a study of 461 visits, 77% of AI recommendations were rated optimal, compared to 67% for physicians. Cedars-Sinai is now piloting AI-driven remote monitoring for chronic conditions like high blood pressure.

🛒 Walmart rolls out AI “Super Agents” to boost e‑Commerce

Walmart is launching four AI-powered “super agents” for shoppers, employees, suppliers, and developers, consolidating multiple tools into unified interfaces. The retailer aims to make online sales 50% of total revenue within five years by streamlining product discovery, returns, and delivery. Shoppers can already use Sparky, which suggests products, summarizes reviews, and will soon plan events or generate recipes using computer vision. Additional agents will help employees with HR tasks, suppliers with onboarding and ad campaigns, and developers with building new tools.

🚖 Uber to deploy 20,000 robotaxis with Lucid and Nuro

Uber has signed a six-year deal with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro to roll out over 20,000 robotaxis, backed by a $300M Uber investment in Lucid. Nuro will supply the Level 4 self-driving tech, while Lucid provides the vehicles. The program is set to launch in an unnamed major U.S. city next year, with testing already underway at Nuro’s Las Vegas proving grounds.

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🤖 AI Agents risk falling into silos

61% of business leaders are adopting AI agents to automate workflows and decision-making, but many deployments are already becoming isolated from one another and from existing enterprise systems. According to IBM’s Suzanne Livingston, this fragmentation wastes resources, limits ROI, and creates security and governance gaps. She also suggests that enterprises must focus on integration by building shared data foundations and centralized oversight so agents can work together rather than in silos.

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🤖 ChatGPT debuts Agent Mode for multi-step workflows

OpenAI’s Agent Mode in ChatGPT enables the model to independently handle multi-step tasks such as analyzing competitors, preparing slide decks, or planning events. By combining research, reasoning, and web navigation, Agent Mode streamlines complex workflows while letting users review and approve each step.

🎥 MirageLSD launches real-time AI video generation

Decart has unveiled MirageLSD, the first AI video model to generate infinite, live-streamed video with near-zero latency (<40 ms). Unlike other models limited to short clips, MirageLSD enables interactive, frame-by-frame video creation for transforming live feeds, games, and films in real time.

📚 ChatGPT launches Study Mode

OpenAI has introduced Study Mode in ChatGPT, a new feature that helps students learn by working through problems step-by-step rather than just receiving answers. Study Mode uses interactive prompts, personalized guidance, and knowledge checks to foster active learning and deeper understanding.

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🦜 AI powers Kaziranga’s first grassland bird census

Kaziranga National Park used AI-driven acoustic monitoring to identify 43 grassland bird species, many of them rare, without disturbing their habitat. Sound recordings were analyzed by AI to recognize species from their calls.

🤖 Humanoid robot "DeREK" malfunctions in viral lab incident

A humanoid robot named DeREK went viral after flailing uncontrollably in a San Francisco robotics lab, collapsing the crane it was suspended from. REK’s “chief robot fighter,” Cix Liv, confirmed it was caused by a human error, activating a full-body movement policy before the robot’s feet touched the ground. The robot only stopped after being unplugged from the internet. Despite the chaos, DeREK remains functional, and REK plans to develop VR-controlled robot combat for entertainment.

⚽ Robots take the field in China’s AI football match

Beijing hosted a three-a-side football tournament featuring fully autonomous humanoid robots developed by university teams. The matches saw frequent tumbles, missed kicks, and even a few robots stretchered off, but also showcased rapid progress in robot agility and control. Tsinghua University’s THU Robotics team claimed a 5–3 victory over China Agricultural University’s Mountain Sea team, with experts calling the event a key milestone in testing real-world robot capabilities.

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