Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

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I'm Unaligned | San Francisco AI | Robots, holodecks, BCIs, analysis of new things | Ex-Microsoft, Rackspace, Fast Company | Wrote eight books about the future.

Genspark to Integrate Tiny Fish for Browser-Enabled Agents
SocialDec 10, 2025

Genspark to Integrate Tiny Fish for Browser-Enabled Agents

Prediction for @ericjing_ai, founder of @genspark_ai: you will add @Tiny_Fish so that your agents can fire up a web browser and do more. A lot more.

By Robert Scoble
Teen's 17,000-Worker Vision Dataset Powers Robot Learning
SocialDec 10, 2025

Teen's 17,000-Worker Vision Dataset Powers Robot Learning

He put glasses on 17,000 factory workers to gather this data. Real impressive 18 year old. Met him last week. Good dataset for training robots and building world models.

By Robert Scoble
New AI OS Promises Enterprise and Home Revolution
SocialDec 9, 2025

New AI OS Promises Enterprise and Home Revolution

The new AI operating system. @qinzytech just visited my home. While talking with him I got those goosebumps like I did when I first saw Siri, Tesla, Matic Robots, Insta360 (I was the first to see all those). Today at 4 p.m. he...

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AI Transforms Raw Posts Into Full Media Ecosystem
SocialDec 8, 2025

AI Transforms Raw Posts Into Full Media Ecosystem

Holy shit. Just gave this to @NotebookLM and it built me a mind map, an audio podcast (very excellent by the way), and this video: https://t.co/3cFF2yjSxE All from analyzing just a couple of hours of the last few posts from my...

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AI List Analysis Is Costly Yet Holds Massive Value
SocialDec 8, 2025

AI List Analysis Is Costly Yet Holds Massive Value

How expensive is it to have AI analyze all my lists here on X? Turns out some of my lists get two new posts every second. It costs $25 to pull 5,000 posts from one list using @xAI's new API. So it...

By Robert Scoble
Explore the Top 1,600 AI Accounts on X
SocialDec 8, 2025

Explore the Top 1,600 AI Accounts on X

The biggest 1,600 AI accounts on X. Great news feed. https://t.co/wAjs9SAZfe

By Robert Scoble
Self‑Driving Outweighs Luxury: Tesla’s Real Edge
SocialDec 8, 2025

Self‑Driving Outweighs Luxury: Tesla’s Real Edge

This is what I didn't think was fair of how @MKBHD shared the Chinese car. He minimized Tesla's best feature. I'd rather have a robot than a car with leather seats. Why? Leather seats don't really help me much. Self...

By Robert Scoble
LLM‑Enabled Tracking Pixel Drives Sales Surge
SocialDec 8, 2025

LLM‑Enabled Tracking Pixel Drives Sales Surge

At @hf0 last week I saw a startup that put an LLM into a tracking pixel. Every site that sells stuff has seen an increase in sales by using it. If I were an investor I would have written a big check.

By Robert Scoble
Boost Robots with Integrated Video Ingestion Engine
SocialDec 8, 2025

Boost Robots with Integrated Video Ingestion Engine

Add a video ingestion engine to your robot.

By Robert Scoble
World Models Highlighted as Key NeurIPS2026 Talk
SocialDec 8, 2025

World Models Highlighted as Key NeurIPS2026 Talk

World Models at #NeurIPS2026 Yes it is an important talk.

By Robert Scoble
Lightweight AR Glasses Will Deliver the Holodeck Era
SocialDec 8, 2025

Lightweight AR Glasses Will Deliver the Holodeck Era

The future of the Holodeck. Just was a judge at SensAI AR/VR/AI Hackathon in San Francisco. Being a judge lets you reconnect with people actually building these things in industry. I wore my Apple shirt. Why? To cause discussions about the future. Everyone is preparing for...

By Robert Scoble
Meet the Investors Driving AI Growth
SocialDec 7, 2025

Meet the Investors Driving AI Growth

The money in AI. These are people who invest in AI companies. https://t.co/E0dAH7bp0V

By Robert Scoble
OpenAI to Challenge Apple with AR Glasses by 2027
SocialDec 7, 2025

OpenAI to Challenge Apple with AR Glasses by 2027

OpenAI is going after Apple, it is now very clear. And I expect OpenAI to bring glasses that will display a new world model. Announcement next year with shipping in 2027 is my expectation. Consumer electronics is about to get...

By Robert Scoble
Seeking Help Boosts Hackathon Success, Says AI Expert
SocialDec 7, 2025

Seeking Help Boosts Hackathon Success, Says AI Expert

One of the xAI hackers asked for help. I sent him a 30-minute @ReadAI_ file. It laid out how to do something cool here on X. Tomorrow I am judging a different AI hackathon. It has been a while since I could help. I...

By Robert Scoble
AI Coach Boosts Model Training Speed by Up to 30%
SocialDec 7, 2025

AI Coach Boosts Model Training Speed by Up to 30%

When I see a post like this it is way too nerdy for my simple brain. So I ask Grok to explain why it it’s important but to explain it like I am a nine year old. Here is what it told...

By Robert Scoble
NVIDIA Research Shows Generalization Beats Physical Robot
SocialDec 6, 2025

NVIDIA Research Shows Generalization Beats Physical Robot

Generalization is the theme for next year. This NVIDIA research caught my eye. Better than having a robot kick you.

By Robert Scoble
World Models Will Never Run Out of Data
SocialDec 6, 2025

World Models Will Never Run Out of Data

No San Francisco robotics company says we are anywhere close to having enough data to train on. One of the companies launched tonight at @hf0 (I shared the video earlier) has put cameras on more than 10,000 factory workers to build...

By Robert Scoble
Non‑Investor Attends Exclusive AI Demo, Calls It Best
SocialDec 6, 2025

Non‑Investor Attends Exclusive AI Demo, Calls It Best

The @hf0 San Francisco AI Demo day. I was the only non investor invited to this very exclusive launch of 10 AI startups. Best demo day I have ever been to and I have been to many. https://t.co/q6T7EERovf

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Tesla’s AI Update Paves Way for Unsupervised Driving
SocialDec 5, 2025

Tesla’s AI Update Paves Way for Unsupervised Driving

The law needs to be changed around holding a phone while in a robot driving. Yesterday Tesla updated its AI to allow Tesla owners to not pay attention to the road, self-driving expert @chazman confirms it below. This is a big...

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AI Tool Simplifies Hardware Projects and Robot Building
SocialDec 5, 2025

AI Tool Simplifies Hardware Projects and Robot Building

Cursor for hardware. This AI helps anyone building hardware keep track of everything. Founder @anishshind shows it to me. Makes building a robot easier. Try it at: https://t.co/eHINwgAxve https://t.co/3w58ODJ99Y

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X’s New Algorithm and Grok Upgrades Promise Brighter Future
SocialDec 5, 2025

X’s New Algorithm and Grok Upgrades Promise Brighter Future

The vibes are shifting here on X. Been talking to some on the inside of xAI. The new fully-completed algorithm is still a few weeks off, I hear. It will be run by a new Grok, and the report below makes...

By Robert Scoble
Personal AI Clones Enable Everyday Life Automation
SocialDec 5, 2025

Personal AI Clones Enable Everyday Life Automation

New mobile AI app. I cloned myself. @Second_MeAI is something we will see a lot more of in agentic AI. After all teaching AI how you think will let your agents more accurately help you automate your life. Now I can talk to...

By Robert Scoble
AI Agents Now Spin up Thousands of Cloud Servers Instantly
SocialDec 5, 2025

AI Agents Now Spin up Thousands of Cloud Servers Instantly

How software development is changing in the AI age. He spins up many Linux servers in seconds and runs AI agents on them. Nuts. Introducing @AniC_dev and his https://t.co/poT62oN1S4 system that lets AI agents do much deeper work on the cloud. He...

By Robert Scoble
AI Reveals My Blind Spots, Sparks Spatial Computing Debate
SocialDec 4, 2025

AI Reveals My Blind Spots, Sparks Spatial Computing Debate

Grok analyzes my blind spots. And my thinking. Then we have an interesting conversation about the future of spatial computing. https://t.co/TGzi1YzE5e

By Robert Scoble
China’s Robotics Ecosystem: Cheap, Advanced, Not to Underestimate
SocialDec 4, 2025

China’s Robotics Ecosystem: Cheap, Advanced, Not to Underestimate

"The Chinese aren't ahead in robotics." Yeah, today they are slightly behind in AI. But anyone who thinks they are dramatically behind is an idiot. World Models or VLAs are raining out of the sky and the Chinese have warehouses full...

By Robert Scoble
Meta's Holodeck Dream Falters While Apple Leads
SocialDec 4, 2025

Meta's Holodeck Dream Falters While Apple Leads

For years now @3duaun and I (and many others like @ASychov) have been talking about a Holodeck. So has NVIDIA. An AI-generated 3D environment you can interact with in glasses. But Meta shipped a shitty pair of glasses and let others...

By Robert Scoble
AI‑Powered 3D Printer Crafts Personalized Perfume Kits
SocialDec 4, 2025

AI‑Powered 3D Printer Crafts Personalized Perfume Kits

Behind the scenes at the AI perfume company: https://t.co/8OyIllBtJH with its founder @ScentScai. She, and her team, built a 3D "printer" that makes custom perfume. Smells good and is personalized to you. This was at @fdotinc in San Francisco. The perfume...

By Robert Scoble
World Models Outpace LLMs in Strategic Trajectory Reasoning
SocialDec 4, 2025

World Models Outpace LLMs in Strategic Trajectory Reasoning

“Unlike LLMs, World Models can reason over millions  of possible trajectories in order to optimize goals and take strategic decisions.” World Models coming to enterprise to make an “AI CEO.” I was the second like on this post. In 13 hours. Shows that...

By Robert Scoble
AI-Generated Music Soon Headlining Major Festivals
SocialDec 4, 2025

AI-Generated Music Soon Headlining Major Festivals

I'm listening to this space which is a bunch of people arguing about music. Something shared was interesting. The music companies have been testing whether people can tell whether a song is AI or human produced and most can't tell. One...

By Robert Scoble
Real‑time AI Video Generator Lets You Script Scenes Instantly
SocialDec 3, 2025

Real‑time AI Video Generator Lets You Script Scenes Instantly

It's one thing if Robert Scoble says World Models are the future. (Although I interviewed @olivercameron a few weeks ago where we went into what this all means for the future of robots and spatial computing). It's a whole nother...

By Robert Scoble
AI Tool Transforms PDFs Into Ready‑made Slide Decks
SocialDec 3, 2025

AI Tool Transforms PDFs Into Ready‑made Slide Decks

Today's new AI app for information workers. Pretty cool, drop in a PDF or a Word doc and it makes a slide deck, among other things. Work sure is easier than when I worked at Microsoft.

By Robert Scoble
Comprehensive Twitter Lists Cover All NeurIPS 2025 Attendees
SocialDec 3, 2025

Comprehensive Twitter Lists Cover All NeurIPS 2025 Attendees

Are you jealous of those attending #NeurIPS2025 happening now in San Diego? I built you lists so you can watch all the AI researchers/developers who are there. And quite a few more. Added 1,700 to these lists over the past...

By Robert Scoble
Exploring 1,400 AI Engineer Startups for Automation
SocialDec 3, 2025

Exploring 1,400 AI Engineer Startups for Automation

It bills itself as the "world’s most advanced autonomous AI engineer." @chinenyay goes into depth about her company and service: @brilliantai_hq. There are 1,400 such companies on my AI Developers list here on X. Trying to get to those who catch my...

By Robert Scoble
AI-Powered Unions: Workers Get Data-Driven Bargaining
SocialDec 2, 2025

AI-Powered Unions: Workers Get Data-Driven Bargaining

Your AI might form a labor union. Or get you a better job in the future. For our free newsletter this week, we cover synthetic unions: AI agents bargaining on behalf of workers. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.   Synthetic...

By Robert Scoble
World Models Enable More Robots to Operate Autonomously
SocialDec 2, 2025

World Models Enable More Robots to Operate Autonomously

World Models running more robots.

By Robert Scoble
Compare Multiple AI Models in One Unified Platform
SocialDec 2, 2025

Compare Multiple AI Models in One Unified Platform

Have you tried it yet? Let’s you compare a bunch of models. Or have you rued its competitors? @n8n, @genspark_ai, @ManusAI, @Pokee_AI, among others?

By Robert Scoble
Turn Family Photos Into Seamless 54‑Second Videos
SocialDec 1, 2025

Turn Family Photos Into Seamless 54‑Second Videos

The weirdness of multi-frame video. When I first met Kevin Fischer in his home he asked me not to shoot video, but let me take some photos. Dreamina's new MultiFrames video generation feature gave me a chance to bring the photos...

By Robert Scoble
AI-Powered Cloud Browsers Unlock Enterprise Web Intelligence
SocialDec 1, 2025

AI-Powered Cloud Browsers Unlock Enterprise Web Intelligence

Just talked with the founders of @Tiny_Fish. Most people won't understand why this is important. They can kick up thousands of web browsers in the cloud. Collect data from each. This is different than web scraping. They act human. Getting past...

By Robert Scoble
Open‑source AI “Computer Use Model” Speeds up Tasks
SocialDec 1, 2025

Open‑source AI “Computer Use Model” Speeds up Tasks

This AI controls your computer but does it a lot faster than previous attempts. It's called a "Computer Use Model." They are building an open source ecosystem around this. "Hey AI can you help me with my spreadsheets?"

By Robert Scoble
Boardy AI Instantly Interviews Thousands, Reshaping Recruitment
SocialDec 1, 2025

Boardy AI Instantly Interviews Thousands, Reshaping Recruitment

I just applied. Boardy is the most disruptive thing I have seen in years. He (an AI) called me instantly after applying and we talked for half an hour. It can do that with thousands of applicants all at the same time. It...

By Robert Scoble
Morning Roundup: DeepSeek, Kling, Runway, New Robotics Startup
SocialDec 1, 2025

Morning Roundup: DeepSeek, Kling, Runway, New Robotics Startup

DeepSeek. Kling. Runway. And a new robotics company. Busy morning!

By Robert Scoble
AI Ads Redefine Marketing: Unstoppable Value Ahead
SocialNov 30, 2025

AI Ads Redefine Marketing: Unstoppable Value Ahead

I have seen AI ads in the labs. They are way better than any ads you have ever seen. I was the only Microsoft employee invited to Google’s first advertiser’s conference. What is coming next adds way more value than anything that has...

By Robert Scoble
Virtual “Magic Dog” Shows Future of AI Education
SocialNov 29, 2025

Virtual “Magic Dog” Shows Future of AI Education

What I learned by having Spark from @IllusionOfLife joining us at Thanksgiving dinner? (A new kind of virtual being, something you will see a lot more of next year). This virtual being is designed for a family that has a two-year-old...

By Robert Scoble
Conversational AI Builds Apps without Showing Code
SocialNov 28, 2025

Conversational AI Builds Apps without Showing Code

One-shotting applications is the new vibe coding. I am soon going to start back up my YouTube channel, so this was a good chance to try @Medo_CodeFree, a new application building agentic platform from @Baidu_Inc. Here on X I've built lists of...

By Robert Scoble
BoardYAI: Must‑Try, Game‑Changing Tool for Founders
SocialNov 28, 2025

BoardYAI: Must‑Try, Game‑Changing Tool for Founders

If you are a founder or an investor you MUST try @boardyai. It is the most disruptive thing I've tried this year. If I was at @ycombinator I'd be very worried and working hard to get one of the same up...

By Robert Scoble
Grok Launched on Thanksgiving—Team Thanks Everyone
SocialNov 28, 2025

Grok Launched on Thanksgiving—Team Thanks Everyone

Grok shipped on Thanksgiving too. Thanks!

By Robert Scoble
Tesla Update Signals Humanless Driving Era Arriving Soon
SocialNov 28, 2025

Tesla Update Signals Humanless Driving Era Arriving Soon

Tesla shipped an update to my car yesterday. On Thanksgiving. It proves that we will be humanless sometime in the next few months. It is way better at driving than any human. It isn’t even close anymore. Next year is gonna be insane in AI.

By Robert Scoble
Smart Engineers Craft Next‑Gen Hands for Neo Humanoid
SocialNov 27, 2025

Smart Engineers Craft Next‑Gen Hands for Neo Humanoid

The smart people are working on hands. The guy who is working on the hands at @1x_tech gave me a tour at the launch of its Neo humanoid. Many improvements coming.

By Robert Scoble
New AI Turns Everyday Photos Into Surprising Conversations
SocialNov 27, 2025

New AI Turns Everyday Photos Into Surprising Conversations

Have you played with @dreamina_ai yet? Try this out: take any photo of any product. Or even take a few photos of your family tomorrow at Thanksgiving dinner. Then talk to it. It might shock you. The models underneath have gotten...

By Robert Scoble