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What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure out a training regimen that teaches the robots to successfully cut zip ties and even insert GPUs into thin sockets on motherboards. That glimpse into how AI can act in a fully autonomous way to automate robot training was made possible by a new agent harness framework—software that wraps around AI models to enable their use of various tools while also providing capabilities such as memory, context,…

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Iran and Oman will define how the Strait of Hormuz is administered in discussion with other Persian Gulf states under the agreement to end the war in the Middle East, senior U.S. officials told reporters Wednesday.Tehran and Washington are expected to formally sign a memorandum of understanding to end the war on Friday in Geneva. The U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the terms that hadn’t been made public, read the contents of the MOU to reporters on a conference call. Under the MOU, Tehran will allow the safe passage of commercial ships without tolls for 60…

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A JetBlue Airlines plane lands near the Air Traffic Control tower at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Oct. 7, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways told CNBC on Wednesday that it will close its flight attendant base at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and tech operations bases there and at LaGuardia Airport in New York this fall as it seeks to reduce costs and beef up service in Florida, though it noted that no staff will lose their jobs.It said staff could bid or transfer to other bases.”JetBlue is making targeted schedule adjustments,…

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The first “commercially useful” quantum computer will be available in the next five-to-seven years, Amazon’s top artificial intelligence executive told CNBC on Wednesday.Peter DeSantis, who is a few months into his role leading a new Amazon organization focused on AI models, chips and quantum computing, said the technology will then grow in a similar way to the advancement of semiconductor capabilities.”I actually do believe, over the next five-to-seven years, we’re going to start to see the first commercially useful small-scale quantum computers,” DeSantis told CNBC.”From there, we’re going to see something that looks a lot like Moore’s Law, where they’re…

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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Kevin Warsh delivers remarks after being sworn in during a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesThis is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in April.Text removed from the April statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle.Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined.Black text appears in both statements.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsChoose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and…

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Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive. After announcing its new speaker last August, Google finally has a release date. The company’s first new smart home speaker in years will launch on June 25, and you can preorder it today for $100. The generically named Google Home Speaker is Google’s first home audio device in almost six years. The last one was the Nest Audio, which debuted back in September 2020. The new device is small…

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