simulation engines for physical ai in 2026
an overview of modern simulation engines for robotics and physical ai, covering mujoco, isaac sim, isaac lab, and newton.
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daily brief: 2026-07-21
google ships three gemini flash models, data center power use forecast to quadruple, and a guide to running a local coding model with llama.cpp.
run mythos coding model locally with llama.cpp and pi
a guide to running the qwythos-9b-claude-mythos-5-1m model locally using llama.cpp and connecting it to pi for agentic coding tasks.
data centers to use 4x more electricity by 2035
bloombergnef forecasts data centers will consume one-fifth of us electricity by 2035, driven by ai compute growth.
google ships three gemini flash models, pro update still missing
google deepmind released gemini 3.6 flash, 3.5 flash-lite, and 3.5 flash cyber, focusing on efficiency and specialized tasks, but the flagship pro model remains delayed.
us threatens sanctions on chinese ai models over ip theft
treasury secretary warns of sanctions against chinese ai companies if open source models are found to have stolen american intellectual property.
google launches gemini 3.5 flash cyber for vulnerability detection
google deepmind introduces a lightweight, fine-tuned model for finding and patching software vulnerabilities, available to trusted partners through codemender.
google releases gemini 3.6 flash and 3.5 flash-lite
google deepmind launches gemini 3.6 flash with better coding and token efficiency, plus 3.5 flash-lite for high-speed agentic workflows.
claude code team on agent workflows and code review
anthropic's cat wu and thariq shihipar discuss how claude code and claude tag change software engineering, from rewriting codebases to automating 65% of prs.
ai music now over half of daily uploads on deezer
deezer reports ai-generated tracks exceed 50% of daily uploads, prompting new takedown rules for unstreamed or fraudulent content.
grabette: open handheld gripper for robot data
grabette is an open-source handheld gripper that records manipulation tasks without a robot, turning them into training-ready datasets.
gritt raises $34m for ai robots to speed up solar panel installation
gritt robotics exits stealth with $34 million to deploy ai-powered robots that help construction crews install solar panels faster, aiming to address labor shortages in renewable energy build-out.
split forward gradients cut memory in deep network training
a new method splits networks to avoid storing activations during backpropagation, reducing memory use while keeping training stable.
llm unlearning for cyber defense survey
a survey on methods, challenges, and emerging threats of making large language models forget sensitive or dangerous knowledge for cybersecurity.
rl-guided nsga-ii with gray relational coefficients for portfolio optimization
a new algorithm combines reinforcement learning and gray relational analysis to improve multi-objective optimization for nasdaq portfolio selection.
tighter tolerances catch more tensor kernel bugs
mining error distributions from cloud gpu runs yields per-operator tolerances that improve bug detection recall by 9.3 percentage points.
planning-phase attacks on multi-agent llm systems
new research shows how injecting malicious prompts during the planning phase can corrupt entire multi-agent llm workflows.
isotonic conformal prediction
a new method for reliable uncertainty quantification that is computationally efficient and achieves self-calibration and prediction-conditional validity.