Agility Robotics' Digit Humanoid Robots Deployed Operationally at Schaeffler Auto-Parts Factory
Agility Robotics is supplying its Digit humanoid robots to Schaeffler's South Carolina automotive parts factory in what is described as the first operational (non-pilot) industrial deployment of humanoid robots. Digit carries 25-pound bins between a stamping press and conveyor belt at a cost of $10–$25/hour, compared to a $20/hour entry-level human wage, with the displaced worker promoted to a supervisory role. Schaeffler plans to scale to hundreds of units across U.S. and European plants by 2030. Roughly 200 humanoids are currently working in factories globally, with projections of 5 million by 2040.
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Anthropic Growing 10x/Year While Competitors Cut Workforce
A Latent Space newsletter item highlights a notable divergence in the AI industry: Anthropic is reportedly growing at roughly 10x per year while other AI/tech companies are conducting layoffs exceeding 10% of their workforces. The piece frames this as a significant economic dichotomy within the AI sector. The body is brief and reflective, offering limited technical detail.
Learning Dexterity: OpenAI Trains Robot Hand for Physical Object Manipulation
OpenAI announced the training of a human-like robot hand capable of manipulating physical objects with what they describe as unprecedented dexterity. The system uses reinforcement learning to develop fine motor control in a dexterous robotic hand. This work represents an early milestone in OpenAI's robotics research program, predating their later Dactyl work on solving Rubik's cubes.
Anthropic Launches Economic Index: First Large-Scale Empirical Study of AI's Labor Market Impact
Anthropic has released the Anthropic Economic Index, an initiative tracking AI's effects on labor markets using anonymized data from approximately one million Claude.ai conversations matched to U.S. Department of Labor O*NET occupational tasks. Key findings show AI use is concentrated in software development and technical writing, with 36% of occupations seeing AI use in at least 25% of their tasks, and usage skewing toward augmentation (57%) over automation (43%). The underlying dataset is being open-sourced to enable independent research, and Anthropic is inviting economists and policy experts to contribute to the ongoing initiative. The analysis was enabled by Clio, Anthropic's privacy-preserving internal conversation analysis tool.
Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices
DeepMind is introducing Gemini Robotics On-Device, an efficient robotics model designed to run locally on robotic hardware. The model targets general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation without requiring cloud inference. This represents a push toward edge deployment of frontier-scale robotics AI, reducing latency and connectivity dependencies for physical AI systems.
DeepMind announces robotics initiative in Europe
DeepMind published a blog post about powering the future of robotics in Europe, signaling a strategic push into European robotics development. The post originates from a tier-1 source (DeepMind's official blog), though the body content was not available for detailed analysis. This likely relates to DeepMind's ongoing robotics research and potential infrastructure or partnership announcements in the European market.
Cognizant to Deploy Claude to 350,000 Employees in Major Enterprise AI Partnership
Cognizant, a global IT consulting firm, has announced a partnership with Anthropic to deploy Claude to up to 350,000 employees across engineering, delivery, and corporate functions. The deployment integrates Claude Code, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Anthropic's Agent SDK with Cognizant's own platforms including Flowsource, Neuro AI, and Agent Foundry. Use cases span software engineering productivity, legacy modernization, multi-agent orchestration, and vertical industry solutions beginning with Financial Services. The partnership also positions Cognizant as a channel for helping its enterprise clients adopt agentic AI at scale.
Anthropic and Deloitte Announce Expanded Alliance: Claude Deployed to 470,000 Professionals
Anthropic and Deloitte have announced an expanded enterprise partnership making Claude available to Deloitte's entire global workforce of over 470,000 people, described as Anthropic's largest enterprise AI deployment to date. The collaboration includes establishing a Claude Center of Excellence, co-creating a certification program for 15,000 Deloitte professionals, and jointly building industry-specific AI solutions for regulated sectors including financial services, healthcare, and public services. The solutions will combine Claude's safety design with Deloitte's Trustworthy AI framework to support enterprise compliance and transparency requirements.
Anthropic Partners with UK Government to Deploy Claude-Powered AI Assistant on GOV.UK
Anthropic has been selected by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to build and pilot an AI-powered assistant for GOV.UK, initially focused on helping job seekers navigate employment services and training resources. The system is described as agentic, maintaining context across interactions and routing users to appropriate services. The partnership builds on a February 2025 MOU and follows DSIT's 'Scan, Pilot, Scale' phased deployment framework, with Anthropic engineers embedded alongside civil servants at the Government Digital Service. A stated goal is building independent AI and AI safety expertise within the UK government.