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Dubai launches an AI-agent program for public services.
Dubai Future Foundation launched an accelerator to develop government services using AI agents. Its first phase will assess more than 300 public-facing use cases across 33 government entities. The program moves the question beyond chatbots toward systems that can carry out administrative tasks. Those numbers describe the scope of an assessment, not 300 deployed services or demonstrated improvements in speed and reliability.
Panasonic plans to start making humanoid robots by 2029.
Panasonic Holdings plans to develop its own humanoid robots, chief AI officer Akira Sakakibara told Nikkei in an interview published today. The company aims to begin making the machines by 2029, targeting factories and warehouses. That adds an established electronics and battery manufacturer to the field, but the statement is a development plan, not an available robot or proof of reliable factory work.
GPT-Rosalind reaches its API billing start date.
OpenAI lists October 5 as the billing start date for GPT-Rosalind's research API. Published rates per million tokens are $5 for input, $0.50 for cached input and $25 for output. Access remains limited to approved internal research through its trusted-access program. This is a scheduled cost change for eligible research teams, not a new model launch; the API's availability was announced in September.
Axiom orders solar wings for its second station module.
Redwire announced a follow-on contract to develop and deliver two roll-out solar-array wings for Axiom Space's second station module. The company is already building arrays for the first module. Power hardware is a concrete step toward the planned commercial station, but the launch schedule remains ahead: Axiom targets 2028 for its first module and less than a year later for the second.
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