Start Up No.2677: Microsoft shows OS for AI devices, lawyers try to evade AI exams, Norse Atlantic’s flawed service, and more

One of the biggest costs in robots is actuators – but China dominates their manufacture. How can the US catch up? CC-licensed photo by Ricardo Diaz on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 10 links for you. Klaatu barada nikto. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Inside Microsoft’s Project Solara: a new platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps • GeekWire Todd Bishop: » A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The platform, dubbed “Project Solara,” is Microsoft’s bet that AI will open up entirely new scenarios for…