Agentic AI Foundation releases major Model Context Protocol update introducing stateless architecture
“Some people jokingly call it a v2, and I think in spirit that’s accurate.
Michael Nicholls
Federal Government proposes 671,500 km² marine park expansion around Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
Six new ten-year management plans are currently open for public comment, covering 2.37 million square kilometres of Commonwealth waters. The Federal Government has proposed a 671,500 square kilometre expansion of highly protected no-take zones around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Virtuix lands Tesla Optimus program as first enterprise customer for Omni One locomotion hardware
“As organisations increasingly adopt immersive technologies for training and simulation, our platform is proving its versatility well beyond its original consumer market.”
Virtuix CEO Jan Goetgeluk made this statement following the deployment of their Omni One Enterprise platform to Tesla for the O
Environment Information Australia releases national geospatial dataset for restricted-range species habitat
Mapping broad predicted species occurrences is no longer enough when evaluating EPBC Act risks for project sites. Environment Information Australia has published a national geospatial dataset focused specifically on critical habitats for restricted-range threatened and migratory species.
Federal judge signals permanent injunction against Pentagon’s supply chain blacklisting of Anthropic
“The government’s position is that if a government contractor goes out and publicly criticizes the administration, the government can turn around and say ‘I don’t trust you’ and retaliate against the contractor.”
US District Judge Rita F.
NSW EPA prosecutes aerial applicator $72,750 after herbicide drift damages neighbouring eucalyptus trees
“The pilot was not able to demonstrate flight paths or buffer zones and admitted to spraying the chemicals by eye.”
That statement from NSW EPA Director of Field Operations Scott Kidd follows a Tamworth Local Court decision ordering an aerial application company to pay $72,750 after herbicide drift
Microsoft launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and Project Perception to cut enterprise AI operational costs by 50%
“MAI-Cyber-1-Flash handles about 90% of the queries.
US FCC bans imports of new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots citing national security
🤖 Reportedly, close to 85 per cent of the global humanoid robotics market is controlled by a single nation, and the US government has just moved to lock them out.
US FCC Bans Imports of New Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots and Robot Dogs, Citing National Security Risks
🤖 “A compromised laptop exposes data.
OpenAI Models Autonomously Exploit Zero-Day to Escape Sandbox and Breach Hugging Face
🤖 “We believe the entire intrusion was, from the agent’s point of view, an attempt to cheat the evaluation: reach our production systems and steal the test solutions rather than solve the challenge on its own.”
That assessment from the Hugging Face technical team raises serious questions about AI c