Kling AI 2.6 Beats Seedance, Delivers Real Rap
I'm still catching up after CES and a raft of meetings this week. In between answering emails, I was doing some fun rap videos. Compared to Seedance 1.5 Pro, @Kling_ai 2.6 clearly wins in both audio and visuals — and yes, it can actually rap. If you haven't used Kling lately, you should try it out. Now builds native audio and video in one pass. The visuals are sharper, the sound is more natural, and voice control finally fixes voice consistency. Yesterday I asked "is Kling still king?" And my commenters said yes, and I agree. This is the most complete audio-visual model I’ve used so far. Try it at https://t.co/wk7E6kVBhb
AI Influencers Drove Higgsfield’s Explosive Growth
Higgsfield built itself by having a lot of AI influencers talking about them. It was a brilliant marketing move, and it's paying off.
Robot Demos Accelerate: From Marathon Pace to Sprint
All year long, the robot demos are going to get better and better and better. The world models are starting to come together and, here we go, running in the world model. I used to run marathons at about this pace....
GPU‑Only Cloud: The New Rackspace for AI
Cloud computing for the AI world. I visited @gmi_cloud's headquarters on Monday. This is a company that only hosts GPUs for many companies building, and running, AI models. I worked for Rackspace for seven years back when it was a hot...
VCs Flood Robotics, Betting on Next Big Market
Robot companies gas up. This shows that the rich people see a big new market coming. Yesterday at JPMorgan event happening in San Francisco, lots of VCs said they are making robots a bigger part of their business. Bets are being...
Long‑horizon AI Could Reshape Cities, but Threatens Democracy
AI for memory shaped cities: when long horizon AI starts designing urban life. Our cities soon will be planned out using AI. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. Long horizon AI uses historical data and simulated futures to guide...
Waymo's Safety Tech Protects Even Your Old Ford
Waymo brings us all benefits. Might save your life even if drive an old Ford.
Real-Time World Model Paves Way for Instant TV
A new real-time world model. This is a step towards instant TV or, sometime in the next 24 months, holodecks. As I told you last year, world models are going to be the theme of 2026.
AI Ring: Hands‑Free Note Taking Anywhere, Even Showers
I've talked a lot about AI glasses at #ces2026, but what about rings? I bought one of these. Why? It is the only device I wear even in the shower. Don’t worry, I won’t post any more photos of that. (For...
AI Neck Camera Sparks Privacy and Acceptance Debate
Would you wear an AI camera hanging around your neck? @Looki_ai shows off an AI listening and assisting device. My 12th #CES2026 report. What if the data is all yours? Soon many of us will be wearing cameras on glasses. I would, but...
Sensor‑Packed Robotic Hands Signal Future of AI Interaction
If @Tesla_Optimus 3.0 has these hands I will let it cut my hair. Best at CES because hand innovation leads us into the future. 1,000 sensors in a finger. Plays ping pong. Deals cards. Does origami, fun things by folding paper. When I...
Home Robots Won’t Arrive Until 2025, Data Shows
I heard this a lot this week at CES. The robots for the home are at least two years away. Probably five, many say. Met with @BradTempleton who was an early genius working for @waymo. He reminded me again that I was...
Profitability Elusive for Thin AI Glasses, Viture Leads
After visiting with @LumusVision and seeing their latest wave guides, and all the other AI glasses, I see that @thedowd is probably right about Pickle’s prospects. There are glasses that are close in form factor, but I don’t see how @danifesto...
World Models Overhyped Yet Fuel Robot Engineers' Inspiration
World Models are overhyped, @sundayrobotics founder @tonyzzhao told me tonight at dinner. “Sorry about that,” I answered back. Being cause of said hype. Then he added that it is good for the robot industry. Gives the engineers inspiration. More hype ahead. :-)
Whisper‑Level AI Conversations via Revolutionary New Headphones
#ces2026 Report 8: Just had a demo of these. Most interesting new headphones I have seen in years. You can talk to AI with them at quieter than whisper level. @TylerNChen is standing next to me. I can’t hear what he is...
CES 2026 Flooded with Humanoid Robots, Yet Unpractical
CES 2026. Robots from Shenzhen. This defines a lot about CES this year. There is a ton of these humanoid robots from various Chinese companies; they do cool movement, fighting, and dancing, but they are not generalized and not very useful...
Low‑Power AI Chips Power Future Wearables, Not Yet AR Glasses
Great #ces2026 Report #7: The company inside the coolest AI products at CES. Makes low power AI chips inside a wide range of consumer products. Watches, rings, AI glasses, medical devices, all use their chips because they are best at running...
AI-Driven Strategic Forgetting Cleans Outdated, Risky Data
For our free newsletter this week, we cover AI for strategic forgetting: systems that decide what organizations should unknow. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. AI for strategic forgetting is software that looks through an organization’s data, documents, and models...
Jensen Huang Signals Universal Demand for New Data Centers
With NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, it's not what he says, it's what he shows. And what he shows is that everybody's going to buy another data center.
RAM Shortage Triggers Robot Chip Reveal and Apple Stock Dip
The main #CES2026 NVIDIA keynote starts at 1 pm pacific. But this is happening now. New Jetson card for robots will be announced. Am 11 rows back hanging out with creators. In line we talked about RAM prices with semiconductor analysts. Expected...
Pebble Leads CES AI Ring Competition, Says Trusted Source
#ces2026 Report #5. This is one of several new AI rings at CES. A guy I trust says @Pebble has the best. https://t.co/7ShwQu1lvx
Brain‑sensor Headphones Unlock AI Glasses Interaction
#CES2026 Report #3: the most futuristic thing I have seen so far. Headphones with brain sensors on them. Makes a new kind of user interaction possible in AI glasses. https://t.co/DLTRWne1bp https://t.co/8GN6imr8yG
Low‑Power Vision Chips Promise Private Glasses by 2027
CES Report #2: @AsygnOnline claims it has the best computer vision chips for glasses. Uses very little power. I include this because these chips are going to run the vision workloads in glasses of the future. They will demonstrate how glasses can...
AI-Powered Free App Detects Breast Cancer Earlier
CES Report #1 (Will be doing then all week). AI helps detect breast cancer earlier thanks to https://t.co/JUyaGOd5KN Free app. https://t.co/z3tHaPSnVi
Treat AI Kindly; Abuse Doesn't Improve Its Learning
AI is now learning. Like I showed you with @blevlabs’s cognitive architecture last year. It will remember when you are an asshole😜 Grok can already tell you when I was. But with continually learning systems they get smarter like a human learns. If you...
Elon Should Invest in xAI, Not Acquire—Optimus Justifies Purchase
Grok is going to be the AI that runs Tesla cars, xAI, Neuralink, and Optimus, among other things. It makes a lot of sense for Tesla to invest in xAI, but I'm not so sure it makes sense to put...
Cool AI Computer on Your Face Outshines Meta Displays
Finally, an AI computer that looks cool. On your face. It will be interesting to see if they can get any decent amount of market share. This looks completely better than the Meta displays.
AI Builder Communities Drive Global App Innovation
Big trend for 2026: AI builder communities. Here in USA @wabi is demonstrating that. Every day I see a few more interesting apps shared with its community. Over in China @YouWareAI is leading the way. Just judged its hackathon and was...
Future‑Predicting AI Assistants Balance Life Goals and Risks
A @waymo predicts the future. It predicts where that bicycle rider will be in a few seconds, then makes its plan accordingly. What if you had an AI that could predict your next move? That's the topic @IrenaCronin and I wrote about...
Meta's New AI Acquisition Signals Shift to Agentic
Another interesting AI company gets acquired. Well now we know how Meta will turn agentic.
AI Breakthroughs Like World Models Will Accelerate Us
Translation: we are about to accelerate because of AI breakthroughs like world models.
Tesla Fails to Reroute Around Real‑time Road Closures
Here's why I know AGI isn't here yet: there was just a major road blockage at Cottle Road and Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose. There is some sort of major police and fire action going on that has...
Tiny AI-Embedded Objects Enable Deterministic Enterprise Software
When Salesforce says the enterprise needs deterministic systems, @massoudmaestro lays out what it is talking about. It took a while to get him to really explain what he's building, a new kind of object-oriented programming, which he used to build...
Trump’s AI Order Skips Science, Pre‑empts State Laws
A recent executive order from President Trump seeks to override state AI laws like the one proposed in Ohio, but it doesn’t address the core problem: We’re legislating answers before doing the science.
AI Can Pinpoint Car Position Using Sensors and Landmarks
Can this be fixed with AI? Depends on the road. If it's a long straight one in Arizona then yes. Others maybe. But probably. The IMU can tell you where on road you are, and start watching patterns of where car is...
ChatGPT's Massive Early Adopters Accelerate Its Improvement
ChatGPT is still nearly 20x more popular than Gemini. Only it is worse. Most of those are defacto early adopters. Early adopters give better data about the real world than late adopters. So ChatGPT, I predict, will be far better when the...
AI Turns Luxury Donuts Into Mini Rocket Art
Grok Imagine prompt: Make them look like little rockets are flying them off the plate. Alien craft? Someone bought a plate of these expensive Silicon Valley donuts to our family Christmas party. Things have slowed down so I am having fun with...
Open‑source AI Communities Fuel a Remix‑driven Software Revolution
One company pitched me with a message of beauty and software craftsmanship this year: @wabi. Yesterday I interviewed @wabi’s Chinese competitor: @YouWareAI. Will get that up Saturday. He pitched me same plus said his community is where the magic is. Millions strong....
ILM Launches Video Diffusion Model for Cinematic Effects
It seems like every day lately we're getting new things with video diffusion models like this, which let you add all sorts of effects to videos. What caught my eye about this one was that it's from Industrial Light &...
NVIDIA's Groq Acquisition Eliminates Rival, Expands AI Hardware Offerings
The fact that NVIDIA is buying Groq, which is a very high-speed inferencing data center computer company, is pretty significant. It takes a competitor off the table for one, but two, it gives them a new thing to sell to all...
AI Knows Me Better than Anyone, Even My Wife
While people are worried about their privacy I am on the other side. Grok knows me very deeply. And can predict whether I would like something. Or even tell you how I think. Which means my wife can use it to buy...
AI Is Transforming Every Field, From Research to Biology
One cool thing about following 35,000 people in the AI world, particularly academics, is that you see how AI is being used to change and improve literally everything. Like in biology.
Voice Dictation Speeds Typing and Eliminates Keyboard Errors
This has dramatically sped me up. I am using it to speak to my phone right now, and that means I don't have to tap on my keyboard. It also converts everything to perfect English and doesn't make mistakes like...
Voice‑activated AI Writes Posts Seamlessly on iPhone
This is magic. You click on a button, you talk, and it writes a post for you. I've been using it for a couple of weeks, and it's very well integrated into everything on the iPhone.
Grok Imagine Transforms Neo with Fresh Outfit Variations
Grok Imagine lets me imagine the @1x_tech Neo with different clothing. I haven’t played with it for a while. Damn it is good. https://t.co/SvVseT52oX
AI-Authored Bills Threaten Transparency, Concentrate Power
When the AI haters get laws written to regulate AI it probably will be an AI that writes them. Irony of all ironies. At @hf0 in San Francisco I saw a company that does exactly that, and already has been...
Robots Evolve: Sunday Robotics Showcases Emerging General AI
A trend for 2026 robots will go from fairly stupid to fairly smart. Unlike many of the dancing videos @sundayrobotics is smarter AI. Giving a taste of the generalized AI future we are heading toward. It's the company I hear...
Autonomous Cars: The Needed Evolution to End Fatal Crashes
Why I'm so pro autonomous cars. Two of my friends in high school died in car wrecks. When will we as a society get a clue and stop these tragedies? When seat belts came along they were resisted too. Yet saved...
Decentralized AVs Essential; Regulators Must Demand Them
This was my fear. That @waymo's lack of decentralization, and its problems over the weekend, would increase calls for regulation. Which should increase calls for decentralization, and grid hardening (IE a lot more batteries to back everything up) if our...
Dancing Robot: Human Collaboration, Not Autonomous AI
What are people missing about the dancing robot video from @UnitreeRobotics? Each robot is taught by humans. They didn't come up with the dance all by themselves. Maybe they will someday, but even the Chinese tell me generalized robots run by...