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Signals

◆AI agents are moving from chat interfaces into enterprise workflows.◆Open-source AI models are becoming strategic infrastructure.◆Power availability may become a constraint on AI infrastructure.◆Physical AI is moving from laboratories into commercial environments.◆Every deployed agent is a new identity with credentials.◆Inference, not training, is becoming the dominant compute story.◆Software engineering is the proving ground for every other kind of agentic work.◆Seat-based software pricing is under structural pressure.◆AI agents are moving from chat interfaces into enterprise workflows.◆Open-source AI models are becoming strategic infrastructure.◆Power availability may become a constraint on AI infrastructure.◆Physical AI is moving from laboratories into commercial environments.◆Every deployed agent is a new identity with credentials.◆Inference, not training, is becoming the dominant compute story.◆Software engineering is the proving ground for every other kind of agentic work.◆Seat-based software pricing is under structural pressure.

Science & Robotics Correspondent

Elena Brandt

Elena covers physical AI, robotics, quantum computing and research moving from the lab into the world. (Demo byline.)

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Stories

Physical AI Leaves the Lab

Pilots in logistics and manufacturing are moving physical AI from research into commercial environments, and operators are starting to judge them like any other capital equipment.

11 September 20266 min read

Science/ Explainer

Quantum Computing: A Reality Check

What has actually been demonstrated in quantum computing, what has not, and why post-quantum migration is the practical priority regardless of hardware timelines.

4 September 20265 min read

Physical AI: State of Play

A Deep Dive on physical AI: the technology stack, the players, the deployment reality, the risks and the numbers that matter.

3 September 202611 min read