Zhemal Khamidun
Hamidun News editorial desk led by Editor-in-Chief Zhemal Khamidun (CPO of AlpinaGPT). Daily curation across 50+ global AI labs, research feeds, and industry reports in 6 languages.
World Models for Robots: Why Conditioning on Friction Matters More Than the Model Itself
The Robot Report explains that a world model trained in simulation must be conditioned on the physics of its environment, above all contact friction, before it can…
Robots for Unpredictable Environments Without Infrastructure: How They Work Without GPS or Markings
Real-world robot success depends on infrastructure-free systems that work without GPS, markings or stable connectivity in unpredictable, harsh environments.
Vicarious Surgical Shuts Down: Surgical Robotics Startup Folds After $300M and a SPAC
US surgical robotics developer Vicarious Surgical is officially winding down. It raised about $300M over its lifetime, most of it through a 2021 SPAC merger.
How Yandex Profiles Memory on Millions of Alice Smart Speakers: The Fight for 256 MB
T-Bank's Perseus: An ML Personalization Framework Across the Entire Service Ecosystem
Apple Foundation Models SDK for Python: Local Apple Intelligence Inside the Hermes Agent
T-Bank releases T-Search, an open-source agent for multi-step search in Russian
Agentic Development vs. Vibe Coding: How Avito Keeps AI-Written Code Under Quality Control
Andrey Brovko, head of testing at Avito Auto, explains how agentic development differs from vibe coding and which practices keep the quality of AI-agent-written…
AI in British Business: Adoption Has Tripled in Three Years, but Not in Depth — ONS
In three years, the share of UK companies using AI has risen from one in eight to one in three. But most use it only superficially, ONS data shows.
$28 Billion Gas-Powered AI Data Center: Singapore Developer Plans Outback Australia Site
How an AI Agent Is Built: The Wrapper Layers Around an LLM and Where to Look for the Source of a Bug
PolarDC: AI Borrowers Are Pushing the Nordic High-Yield Bond Market to Its Limits
StarGuard AI: Why Enterprise LLMs Need a Firewall, and How Orion Soft Is Building One
AI Data Centers: 53% of Americans Oppose Having One Nearby, but Virginia Votes Yes
A Redfin survey finds 53% of Americans don't want an AI data center nearby, yet in Northern Virginia the same facilities fund local schools through property taxes.
Startup Arrakis Emerges From Stealth With $38M for AI in Factories and Supply Chains
UK-France startup Arrakis has disclosed $38M in funding and is building an "AI-based operating system" for industry rather than for office software.