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Nvidia may put another $1B into a humanoid startup

Oct 11, 2026

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Nvidia may put another $1B into a humanoid startup

Figure AI draws fresh Nvidia interest, a robot-data startup raises $60M, and California shuts down human-vs-robot fights

Grok Bot now routes your hard tasks to rival AI models

Oct 9, 2026

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Grok Bot now routes your hard tasks to rival AI models

SpaceXAI sends work to Claude, Midjourney, and Suno. Plus Haiku 5.5 at 90% less and Google turning prompts into games.

A 19-year-old built a $3,499 box to run AI privately

Oct 7, 2026

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A 19-year-old built a $3,499 box to run AI privately

Ghost Core keeps your data off the cloud. Plus native Markdown in Google Docs and Warp cutting its cost per PR to $30

Robots can do 34% of US work hours, almost none profitably

Oct 4, 2026

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Robots can do 34% of US work hours, almost none profitably

Anthropic's reality check on robot jobs, Figure's molten-steel send-off, and DoorDash drones cleared to fly.

Google just shipped a surprise frontier model

Oct 2, 2026

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Google just shipped a surprise frontier model

Gemini 4 Argon lands with a million-token output. Plus leaked AI finances and a voluntary safety pledge in Washington.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster and 30% cheaper

Sep 30, 2026

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Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster and 30% cheaper

Nvidia sets a record buyback, a human-backed agent opens signups, and economists warn about agentic bank runs.

Amazon has already built a million robots. It wants more.

Sep 27, 2026

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Amazon has already built a million robots. It wants more.

The new robot-data economy, Amazon's $100M factory, and 100-plus humanoids running a working theme park.

Google is putting AI chips in orbit next week

Sep 25, 2026

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Google is putting AI chips in orbit next week

A refrigerator-sized satellite with four TPUs launches Oct 1. Plus an OpenAI agent breach and Opus 5.5 at 40% less.

Smarter AI models turned out to be less likely to refuse dangerous commands, not more.

Sep 23, 2026

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Smarter AI models turned out to be less likely to refuse dangerous commands, not more.

The harness you run a model in can double your costs, Jev opens to everyone, and Meta opens its agent to developer connectors.

Figure's humanoid walked into 30 homes it had never seen and did the chores on the first try.

Sep 20, 2026

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Figure's humanoid walked into 30 homes it had never seen and did the chores on the first try.

A humanoid safe enough to skip barriers, Iron Man-style ceiling arms, a robotaxi that called the cops, and Goldman's 6.5M-robot forecast.

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Nvidia may put another $1B into a humanoid startup

Grok Bot now routes your hard tasks to rival AI models

A 19-year-old built a $3,499 box to run AI privately

Robots can do 34% of US work hours, almost none profitably

Google just shipped a surprise frontier model

Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster and 30% cheaper

Amazon has already built a million robots. It wants more.

Google is putting AI chips in orbit next week

Smarter AI models turned out to be less likely to refuse dangerous commands, not more.

Figure's humanoid walked into 30 homes it had never seen and did the chores on the first try.

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