Explore how vision-language-action models like Helix, GR00T N1, and RT-1 are enabling robots to understand instructions and act autonomously.

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

CNBC put the AI threat to software companies to the test by vibe-coding a version of the tools from Monday.com. Silicon Valley insiders say the most exposed software names are the ones that "sit on ...

Elon Musk said Tesla's Model X and Model S — the company's highest-priced cars — are getting the ax. While Tesla doesn't specify how many were sold, earnings show demand has been falling for years.

The business model of technology and software providers has changed significantly over the last decade, reflecting how digital services are now consumed and valued. What was once built around selling ...

Cadillac, the luxury manufacturer known for supercharged V8s and big SUVs, has another side. A sensible, more modern, electric side. But don’t get it twisted: just because its electric and modern, ...

The last time we did comparative tests of AI models from OpenAI and Google at Ars was in late 2023, when Google’s offering was still called Bard. In the roughly two years since, a lot has happened in ...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes software engineers may soon be an extinct species. In an interview with The Economist at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Amodei said AI models could do “most, ...

The CP2K open-source package is among the top three most widely used research software suites worldwide for simulating the behavior of atoms and molecules. Among other applications, CP2K plays an ...

But they say a lack of empirical data and other flaws in the NEPTUNE model raise concerns that "temper our enthusiasm for the model and our confidence that it can provide a comprehensive explanation ...

Law enforcement has quickly embraced AI for everything from drafting police reports to facial recognition. The results have been predictably dismal. In one particularly glaring — and unintentionally ...

What you see isn’t always what you’re playing. Video game development is an incredibly intricate process. Even during the early days, when 8-bit technology was all we had to work with, developers had ...