Week 9: The Robots Are Getting Legs

Big week. Let's get into it.

01 — Boston Dynamics demos autonomous factory robots

The new Atlas can now navigate unstructured environments and handle fragile objects. Manufacturing will never be the same. Three factories are already running pilot programs.

02 — Anthropic launches Claude 4.5 with "extended thinking"

The new model reasons through problems step-by-step before responding. 40% improvement on complex tasks. The reasoning traces are visible to users — a transparency move that others should copy.

03 — EU AI Act enforcement begins in earnest

Three companies fined in the first week. Here's what you need to know about compliance if you're building with AI in Europe.