The robotics industry loves a good, healthy debate. Of late, one of the most intense ones centers around humanoid robots.
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Today
Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up; plus, Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’
Arizona's lawsuit is the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it's not beholden to them. Also, Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning an ... Show More
9m 24s
Yesterday
Memories AI is building the visual memory layer for wearables and robotics; plus, Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security
Memories.ai is building a large visual memory model that can index and retrieve video-recorded memories for physical AI. Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho ... Show More
7m 50s
Mar 16
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out
Written by Connie Loizos for TechCrunch. In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign to get the richest people on earth to promise, publicly, to give most of their money away. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster ... Show More
10m 48s
Aug 2019
Why the Robot Revolution is Our Fault
In recent years Amazon has quietly become one of the leaders in automation, reshaping its workforce of nearly 600,000 workers, and the way humans work with robots. We fear robots taking over the world, but do we understand just how we as consumers are making that future happen? L ... Show More
38m 46s
Sep 2023
Bipedal Robot Factory, AI-Powered Ultrasounds, and Panos Panay’s Departure from Microsoft.
Agility Robotics is building its first bipedal robot factory in Oregon, GE is working on AI-powered ultrasounds to combat pediatric and maternal mortality rates, and Microsoft’s Panos Panay leaves company after nearly 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm ... Show More
8m 38s
Sep 2021
Ruth Aylett and Patricia A. Vargas, "Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know" (MIT Press, 2021)
There's a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two robotics experts reveal the truth about what robots can and can't do, how they work, and what we can reasonably expect their future capabilities to be. It will not only ma ... Show More
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