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Artificial intelligence news from the labs, platforms and agencies shaping it: model releases, research, safety and standards.

Smart Traffic Fund Awards $17.9 Million to Two AI Projects
The Transport Department announced a $17.9 million grant for two projects leveraging large language models and generative artificial intelligence.

BreakingHong Kong Says AI Demand Drove 30.3% Goods Export Growth
Strong global demand for AI-related electronic products drove Hong Kong goods export growth to 30.3% in the third quarter of 2026, as part of a broader economic report.

BreakingGoogle DeepMind Launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen for Everyone
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster AI model for coding and agents, rolling out across several Google AI surfaces.

Model Context Protocol Targets March 30 for Next Spec Release
Model Context Protocol is shifting to a predictable six-month release schedule and introducing a Release Manager role.

TIER IV Develops Five Open-Source End-to-End Autonomous Driving AI Models
TIER IV released five end-to-end autonomous driving AI models to give developers flexible options for vehicle sensor configurations.

What Sandia’s AIGM Lite 90% Accuracy Says About Incremental Learning
Sandia is testing a fast and slow design to help machine learning models incorporate new information without losing prior capability.

Google DeepMind Releases Gemini 4 Carbon Frontier AI Model
Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest model designed for complex agentic workflows, advanced coding, and cybersecurity tasks.

BreakingIBM and Microsoft Launch Imagine Enterprise AI Agent Platform
IBM and Microsoft announced Imagine Enterprise, an agentic platform designed to help enterprises build, run, and govern AI agents.

BreakingGoogle Cloud Launches Gemini for Healthcare AI Platform
Google Cloud unveiled Gemini for healthcare to streamline clinical tasks, while Waze and Garmin introduced real-time cycling safety alerts.

What GR00T 2’s 95% Success Rate Means for Robot Training
NVIDIA introduced GR00T 2 and Isaac Lab 3.0 at CoRL to help robots learn dexterous tasks through simulation.