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Japan earmarks $6.3B to dominate physical AI robotics market
Tokyo has launched a national initiative to capture a 30% share of the global physical‑AI market by 2040, allocating roughly $6.3 billion to accelerate AI‑powered robotics. The effort targets factories, warehouses and critical infrastructure to offset a shrinking workforce and a 14‑year population decline.
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In this episode, Nick Masca, Head of Data Science for Growth & Personalisation at Marks & Spencer, discusses the data‑driven challenges retail and e‑commerce leaders face, emphasizing change‑management over classic digital transformation. He highlights obstacles in applying data tools to pricing, supply‑chain efficiency, and customer experience, and the friction that automation can create in content development. Masca stresses the importance of close collaboration between data teams and business stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation and measurable growth.
5 Business Trends Every Company Must Prepare for in 2026 In 2026, Businesses will face major shifts driven by #AIagents , #AI -enabled products, #cybersecurity pressure, #ESG realignment and a growing focus on #AIskills . Companies that prepare for these...
Google has launched Antigravity, an agent‑first coding platform that lets development teams build and run autonomous coding agents powered by Gemini 3 and other leading LLMs such as Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.5 and open‑source GPT models. The service is now in public preview...
The episode examines Jeff Bezos’s surprising return to an executive role as co‑CEO of the new AI venture Project Prometheus, highlighting how his involvement signals a major shift in the AI startup landscape. Hosts discuss the strategic implications for both...
Microsoft unveiled Agent 365 at its Ignite conference, positioning it as a unified control plane that delivers observability, governance, and security for AI agents across the enterprise. The platform supports both Microsoft‑built and third‑party agents—such as those from Adobe, Databricks,...
The episode reveals an insider leak suggesting OpenAI’s operating costs are being eclipsed by Microsoft’s compute fees, with GPU demand driving expenses sharply upward. Hosts discuss how these rising bills could strain budgets and potentially force OpenAI to renegotiate terms...
A super PAC called Leading the Future, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and other tech leaders, has pledged over $100 million to oppose New York Assembly member Alex Bores, the chief sponsor of the state’s bipartisan RAISE Act that...
VLA's are like LLMs, but trained off of videos. I call them world models, because I don't like acronyms, but either way, they mean robots are getting smarter fast. The researchers I hung out with last week say that robots...
I’m starting to get into a habit of reading everything (blogs, articles, book chapters,…) with LLMs. Usually pass 1 is manual, then pass 2 “explain/summarize”, pass 3 Q&A. I usually end up with a better/deeper understanding than if I moved...
Google has moved to dismiss a $15 million defamation lawsuit filed by anti‑corporate diversity activist Robby Starbuck, who alleges the company’s AI falsely linked him to sexual‑assault accusations and white‑nationalist ties. Starbuck previously sued Meta over AI‑generated claims that he participated...
AI-induced #psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together! https://t.co/e59cn6rF2k #hallucination #artificial_intelligence #AI
My first reader now is Grok. (It watches my videos and reads my posts and decides whether to distribute them to you). So which startups does Grok want me to interview next? Answer: https://t.co/LPuhKb4Iet Thanks Grok, working on this list!
The guide walks users through the ChatGPT interface on both mobile and web, detailing how to access account settings, upgrade to Plus, and connect services like Gmail. It explains where to find chat history, how to enable temporary chats, and...
The rate reduction in price per unit of intelligence has been thing I've most consistently underestimated the past couple of years. 300x in a year is nuts!
Jeff Bezos Launching $6.2 Billion AI Startup He Will Co-Lead https://t.co/7MFq84cVH0 #startupstories #StartupLife #Startups #AI #artificial_intelligence @altiamkabir @codewithimanshu @Eli_Krumova @JagersbergKnut
OpenAI announced it will finally let current and former employees donate eligible equity to charity, ending an 18‑month delay. The program could enable staff with six‑figure equity grants from 2019 to contribute millions, though a short decision window and advisory...
KlingAI is rad. Their Black Friday offer dropped with 50% OFF on all plans. + the upgraded @Kling_ai 2.5 Turbo Start and End frames give you clearer scene control + smoother creative flow 🔥 What I LOVE about Kling: → Easy to setup → Flexible →...
New Grok. Less slop. This is important because this new model will be running the algorithm here on X soon. Or at least a lightweight version therein. And it will be running so many other things, particularly Tesla's Robotaxi network....
Google unveiled WeatherNext 2, an AI‑powered weather forecasting model that is eight times faster and more accurate than its predecessor, achieving 99.9% accuracy on variables such as temperature and wind. The model uses a Functional Generative Network to generate hundreds...
Leaders are discovering the hard way that “plug-and-play AI” is mostly a myth. The tech may look polished, but the real work begins where the glossy demo ends. This new episode of AI in Action breaks down why so many...
In this episode, host Jason Stoughton talks with Vijoy Pandey about the emerging "Internet of AI Agents," exploring how interoperable agents can break down siloed systems and enable seamless collaboration across the tech ecosystem. Pandey draws on his experience at...
Job seekers are hurting themselves by using AI mindlessly. @alliekmiller echoes what other HR people are telling me. Don't use AI to write your cover letter or your resume. They have tools that can tell when you are using AI...
The episode examines Kosmos, an AI "scientist" that claims to compress six months of research into a single day, processing thousands of papers, generating massive codebases, and delivering validated findings in fields like neuroscience, genetics, materials science, and Alzheimer’s research....
What is the state of the art of AI safety? Very interesting talk by XXXXX at @mbzuai (the first only-AI university in the world in Abu Dhabi) that I recorded last week by professor @preslav_nakov. This goes into depth on...
The episode explains that integrating AI agents into the workforce creates significant organizational disruption, with most costs tied to human change‑management rather than technology. It introduces the concept of an Agent Experience (AX) program and outlines five essential skills—knowledge curation,...
Samsung has launched an upgraded version of its The Wall MPF large‑format LED display for enterprise use, offering up to 1,000 nits of brightness, Black Seal Technology+ for higher contrast, and AI‑driven NQM Gen2 processing that upscales lower‑resolution content toward 8K. The...
Cannot tell if this Claude Project use case is brilliant or unsettling. Just chatted with someone who built a Claude Project with an entire timeline of their life and how they felt at each stage. Like "1972 - born in Atlanta, loved...
It’s 2025 and 88% of companies are using AI, but only 1/3 are actually scaling it. McKinsey & Company 's new 2025 State of AI report just dropped, and after THREE YEARS of ChatGPT, companies are still stuck in pilot...
Microsoft unveiled its first AI superfactory, linking large AI datacenters in Wisconsin and Atlanta via a dedicated fiber network that acts as a virtual supercomputer for massive model training. The facilities pack GPUs densely across two floors, employ Nvidia Blackwell...
OpenTable is rolling out an AI‑assisted tagging feature that surfaces diners’ habits—such as preferred drinks, spending level, review activity, and likelihood of cancellations—to restaurant staff via its reservation and table‑management platform. The tags are generated from POS data collected across...
TechRadar AI Week reports that 1X’s Neo Beta, a $20,000 humanoid home robot capable of remote tele‑operation for AI training, is entering limited consumer trials. While the robot promises to automate chores, its ability to stream real‑time video and collect...
The episode dissects Mercor’s recent $350 million funding round that propelled its valuation to $10 billion, highlighting a strategic pivot toward AI annotation services and side‑hustle opportunities. It examines the company’s revenue growth hurdles, heavy reliance on a few key customers, and...
In this 10‑minute episode the hosts dissect the debut of two AI‑powered browsers, Atlas and Comet, highlighting how each reimagines web navigation with built‑in large‑language‑model assistance. They compare core features—Atlas’s deep integration with productivity tools versus Comet’s focus on real‑time...
The episode introduces Adobe’s new suite of AI-powered editing tools that automate routine tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance creative output, positioning Adobe as a renewed contender for creative professionals. It highlights how features like auto‑color correction, intelligent cut detection, and...
The episode examines the heated social‑media exchange between Elon Musk and Sam Altman sparked by Altman's comment on the perpetual delay of the Tesla Roadster, highlighting how the feud reflects broader tensions in the tech world. It also delves into...
TechRadar’s AI Week 2025 piece outlines how ChatGPT is being used as a low‑pressure companion for mental‑wellness, from prompting daily journaling and reminding users of short meditation or breathing exercises to acting as a sounding board between therapy sessions. The...
I’m seeing candidates with incredible work backgrounds destroying their chances at getting hired because they sound like mindless robots. Before you use AI in your job applications and interviews (which I’m largely against unless it’s edits or asked for), consider...
In this episode, Axios Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried explores how the current AI boom mirrors past technological revolutions, discussing its disruptive impact on jobs and her own journalism workflow. She explains the challenges of integrating AI into human processes...
Google has integrated travel planning into its AI Mode via the Canvas workspace, allowing users to describe a trip and receive a detailed itinerary with flight and hotel options, photos, and reviews, which can be refined through follow‑up queries. The...
Oracle’s shares have plunged 25% in a month, erasing over $250 billion of market value, as the company’s aggressive AI‑centric capital spending and debt buildup alarm investors. The software giant pledged to spend hundreds of billions on chips and data‑centers to...
Anyone would be down to create a "Live-translator app" for Reachy Mini, aka reachy mini recognizes two faces and acts as a translator between the two looking at each one alternatively (just like a human translator would do)? @matth_lapeyre has...
The piece, a joint FT‑MIT Technology Review dialogue, examines how generative AI is moving from research labs into active military use, from logistics and cyber‑operations to AI‑assisted targeting systems such as Israel’s Lavender database. It highlights a stark scenario of...
Had a great conversation with Anna Anisin on DSS Podcast. We talked about the right ways of building SaaS software, the frameworks I follow to build complex systems and the best practices of adding AI to an existing product.
A ton of people I talk to about AI immediately jump to productivity. "How many hours can I save?" When teaching AI in Madison Square Park, I asked someone: "Is AI adding new components to decision-making, or just enhancing what...
Brides are increasingly turning to ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to plan every aspect of their weddings, from sourcing dress boutiques to drafting cocktail menus and creating stationery. Co‑founder of The Ceremony Club, Karen Oren, uses the model alongside...
started working on a deep research agent to build nice lists for me and one thing led to another... introducing researchoor dot com an ai powered social listicle builder https://t.co/RoAEj1jDYE
ai-first design of gene editors has so much potential when you consider that so so many diseases are the result of genomic aberrations
Goodbye Midjourney, I'm with Grok Imagine now. Needed a graphic with an abstract representation of an LLM. Got a perfect one in one shot. Then was asked if I want to animate. Got this, complete with sound: https://t.co/GHIRLBdBlQ
You can measure a team’s values in the smallest interactions. The wording. The timing. The defaults. AI just amplifies those choices.
The myth is that AI replaces expertise. The truth is that it punishes fake expertise. It reveals who was guessing and who was actually thinking.
