• Jetson AGX Thor: Nvidia’s Blackwell‑powered supercomputer is now shipping. The Jetson AGX Thor module delivers 2,070 FP4 teraflops in a 130‑W envelope—7.5× more AI compute and 3.5× better energy efficiency than Jetson Orin—and can run multiple generative AI models at the edge for real‑time physical interactions

• OpenAI’s Sora 2: OpenAI’s new video‑generation model adds synchronized dialogue, sound effects and realistic physics. An invite‑only Sora app lets users insert themselves into videos via “cameos” after a one‑time recording, with robust identity safeguards and an API/Android version in the works

• GPT‑5’s big leap (and stumble): Launched in August, GPT‑5 offers faster responses, improved coding and writing, proactive health guidance and a “safe‑completions” approach to reduce hallucinations . Early glitches frustrated users, prompting CEO Sam Altman to restore older models and promise greater access to the higher‑level reasoning mode .

• AI model arms race: Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 improves coding and business tasks; Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro organizes answers into headers, lists and tables; xAI’s Grok 4 adds better search integration; Meta’s Llama 4 cuts costs and expands context windows; and OpenAI’s GPT‑5 offers quicker, less‑hallucinatory responses .l

• Robots building AI servers: Reuters reports Nvidia and Foxconn are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Houston factory. The robots—trained to pick and place objects and insert cables—could be on the assembly line by Q1 2026

• Figure AI’s funding surge: Figure AI’s September Series C round pushed committed capital beyond $1 billion, valuing the startup at $39 billion. The funding accelerates its mission to bring general‑purpose humanoid robots into real‑world environments

• UBTECH’s Middle‑East superfactory: UBTECH Robotics secured up to $1 billion in financing from Infini Capital to expand humanoid production. Plans include a “superfactory,” R&D center and regional HQ in the Middle East

• Open‑source robot OS: OpenMind AGI introduced OM1 Beta, an open‑source, robot‑agnostic operating system that lets any robot perceive, reason and act—touting it as the first universal OS for intelligent robots and a way to break free from proprietary ecosystems

• Mattel meets Sora: At OpenAI’s Developer Day, CEO Sam Altman said Mattel is testing Sora 2 through its API. Designers can transform sketches into shareable video concepts, accelerating toy prototyping and product‑idea feedback.

•AI adoption skyrockets: A Stanford report finds 78 % of organizations used AI in 2024, up from 55 % in 2023, while hardware costs are falling 30 % each year and energy efficiency is improving 40 % annually. Altman told reporters he’d be surprised if AI super‑intelligence isn’t achieved by 2030