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Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The world hasn’t been the same since ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022, when seemingly out of nowhere, a means of engaging with large language models propelled AI beyond hype and into day-to-day reality. Robotics, like AI, has been discussed, built upon, and in some ways adopted for a long time now, but it’s yet to have that big breakthrough moment. And atTechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Nvidia Inception’s Global Head of Physical AI,Les Karpas, will dive into why that is and what could change that in his session on the Real World AI Stage,Robots Are Waiting for Their ChatGPT Moment. Here Is What Is Standing in the Way. After all, anyone who’s seenNvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynotes the past few yearsknows the company is bullish about the robotics field. And you can get the opportunity to listen as Karpas details the limitations and opportunities in the AI and robotics spaces firsthand at Disrupt.From October 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, you and 10,000+ tech leaders, founders, and investors can catch Karpas and the rest of our extensive AI-focused lineup, which ranges from building companies to building in the real world. Act now and get your ticket tosave up to $200 before September 25, after which our prices increase. Save up to 30% when you bring a group, since the Disrupt experience is meant to be shared. Karpas’ POV on the core limitation facing general-purpose robots is simple to understand but wildly complicated to resolve. Nobody has an internet-wide dataset for physical AI in the way OpenAI, Anthropic, and others had for language. Even self-driving fleets from Waymo and its competitors were able to build datasets through years of accumulated road miles, datasets that are still expanding market by market. A growing ecosystem of startups is now trying to manufacture that scale artificially through simulation, synthetic data, and foundation models trained across many robot forms simultaneously. And that challenge of bridging the digital and physical iswhy we created the Real World AI Stage. Karpas will be joined by founders from Shield AI, Colossal Biosciences, FieldAI, and Foxglove, as they walk through the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Karpas is one of the best-positioned people in the world to answer the question his session presents. AsNvidiaInception’s Global Head of Physical AI, he coordinates the company’s relationship with the wide-ranging startup ecosystem stretching across robotics, automotive, manufacturing, mobility, smart cities, and much more. The same companies trying to solve that data gap are the ones he regularly interfaces with. And his path to getting there is one that speaks to the cross-disciplinary skills the robotics industry demands. Across roles at Stanley Black & Decker, Intellectual Ventures, Herman Miller, iRobot, Cirque du Soleil, and more, he’s been an architect, manufacturing engineer, startup CEO, venture studio executive, and corporate venture capitalist. This is your chance to hear firsthand how Nvidia is thinking about the single biggest bottleneck in physical AI, and what it’ll take to clear it. That kind of insight could give you a leg up on your competition or spark an idea that could fuel your next startup venture. That kind of inspiration is what Disrupt is all about, and you can get it only by being in the room and making connections during the event. Act swiftly to get the ticket that gives you the kind of access you need, whether it’s new sources of fundraising or new startups to invest in.Lock in your trip before prices increase on September 25. Bring a group and save up to 30% on bundle passes.
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Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface
Anthropic is merging its front-end for Claude chat and Cowork, making it less confusing for people to decide which tab to use for different tasks. The unified interface lets users access chat, Cowork, and Artifacts (Claude’s interactive workspace feature) within one window. Claude Design, which was introduced in April for website and prototype design, also works anywhere within Claude. Before this rollout, the company said customers often struggled to choose the right tab for the right task. With the new design, Claude automatically routes requests without having to switch tabs or windows. The idea is to remove confusion about which feature to pick and use just one front-end to route work to different parts of the app. Hopefully, OpenAI also takes a cue from this rollout and fixes ChatGPT’s interface across the platforms. Anthropic is also adding dedicated features for making presentations and documents. Users can ask the AI assistant to create, edit and present slides, and can also download the generated presentation as a PDF or PowerPoint. Similarly, with the Docs feature, users can work alongside Claude to create sections, ask questions, and comment on completed parts. Users can share generated documents or slides with a link and edit them on their phone. Users can also ask Claude to start creating a document on desktop, and they can check the progress of the task using the mobile app. These features are rolling out to Claude’s Pro and Max plans first, on the web, desktop and mobile over the coming weeks. The company plans to extend them to the free and team tiers later. The update comes in the wake of anupgrade of Cowork’s memory layer, which helps Claude remember user context across chats.
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Google Gemini Notebook Gets Voice Chat, Lecture Recording and New Study Tools
Google is rolling out several new features to Gemini Notebook, adding tools for recording lectures, chatting with notebooks using voice and creating more personalised study material. The update also brings new quiz formats and expands Short Video Overviews to more than 80 languages. The new features will arrive on the web and mobile apps over the coming weeks. Google is also offering eligible college students in the US and more than 140 other markets free access to its AI plans for one year.
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Amazon launches Alexa+ in India with Hindi support
Amazon today announced that its Alexa+ conversational assistant is available in India with Hindi support. The new assistant can hold conversations for longer and maintain context while doing so. The feature is available to all customers in the country in Early Access in Hindi and English. After the early testing period, the company will make the assistant free for Prime customers. For non-Prime customers, the price would be ₹2,000 per month ($20.85). The company said that the new Alexa has a more expressive voice and can handle complex multi-step tasks, including ordering groceries from Amazon’s quick commerce service Amazon Now and turning on/off smart home devices. Users can switch between English and Hindi mid-sentence. Amazon added that Alexa+ is integrated with India-based services such as food delivery service Swiggy, Zomato’s ticket booking platform District, travel websites like TripAdvisor and MakeMyTrip, and restaurant reservation app EazyDiner. The upgraded assistant is also integrated with music streaming services such as Amazon Music and JioSaavn. In June,TechCrunchreported that the company had invited users to enroll in a testing program for Alexa+, through which they could have conversations with the assistant in Hindi. After that, the company also started testingan English version of Alexa+. Amazon launched Alexa inIndia in English in 2017and added Hindi support in 2019. The country has more than 600 million Hindi speakers, and Amazon is trying to tap into that market with its smart devices and new features. The company didn’t give absolute numbers, but said that its smart home devices have grown by 20% from last year. Amazon initially announcedgen AI-powered Alexa+ in 2025and made it available toall U.S.-based users in 2026. This year, the company has also launched its new assistant in markets such as the U.K., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and Germany with local language context.
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Salesforce Calls SaaSpocalypse ‘Crazy Nonsense’, Projects $50 Bn in FY27
“SaaSpocalypse was not about the end of software, but it may be about the end of software that makes humans do all the work,” said CEO Marc Benioff.
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Perplexity Builds DynamoDB Replacement With 2 Engineers & Hundreds of AI Agents
CobbleDB cuts production batch-read latency by roughly five times, while Perplexity estimates at least 20% lower costs than DynamoDB.
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Cloudflare Launches Controls to Block AI Training While Keeping Search Access
New Cloudflare controls allow publishers and businesses to independently manage how their content is accessed for search, AI training, and AI agents.
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Dario Amodei Makes Strange Bedfellows as AI Safety Calls Irk Jensen Huang
NVIDIA boss wants to put an end to Amodei’s doomsday predictions, while Sacks says frontier labs are being hypocritical.
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Amazon Alexa+ Arrives in India for Free for Everyone With Smarter Conversations, Agentic Features, and More
Amazon has launched its AI-powered Alexa+ voice assistant in India, eight years after Alexa first arrived in the country. The upgraded assistant is available for free to all users in India starting today, with support for both Hindi and Hinglish at launch. As per the company, Alexa+ is designed to make interactions more conversational while handling more complex requests. India is also the first country where Amazon is bringing Alexa+ and Amazon Now together.
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Bounding Box is Dead: Data Annotators Find New Purpose in the Physical AI Age
New York-based non-profit Digital Data Divide believes data annotation jobs are now moving to teaching physical AI systems to operate in real-world settings.
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Japan’s Hirata Enters India, Partners with ATS India for Semiconductor Equipments
The Japanese firm will supply semiconductor automation and material-handling equipment as India expands its manufacturing ecosystem.
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Meta Launches WhatsApp Business Tool to Let AI Agents Handle Setup
The tool connects AI coding agents including Claude, Codex, and ChatGPT to WhatsApp Business, supporting account setup, phone verification, message templates, and webhooks.
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