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.

SketchVerify Enables Fast, Physically-Coherent Video Generation
SocialNov 27, 2025

SketchVerify Enables Fast, Physically-Coherent Video Generation

"a major unlock for embodied AI, robot simulation, autonomous agents, and anyone who wants controllable video models that actually work in the physical world instead of just producing pretty hallucinations." That's what Grok says. It says more about why this work...

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Tesla’s Autopilot Outperforms Human Drivers, Guests Amazed
SocialNov 27, 2025

Tesla’s Autopilot Outperforms Human Drivers, Guests Amazed

Smart of Tesla to do. Lots of Tesla owners have never tried it. And now not only do they get to try it, but they get to take their Thanksgiving guests on drives to demonstrate it to others. It is...

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Non‑invasive BCI Hats Poised to Rival Neuralink by 2027
SocialNov 26, 2025

Non‑invasive BCI Hats Poised to Rival Neuralink by 2027

Vinod has seen more brain/computer interface companies than anyone else. If he says non-invasive is better that is bullish. One of the companies he saw is making a hat that does pretty much what a @neuralink does today. “Think and compute,” is coming...

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AI Bans Cripple U.S., Give China Unstoppable Advantage
SocialNov 26, 2025

AI Bans Cripple U.S., Give China Unstoppable Advantage

Here's the rub. Let's say all the states ban AI toltally except for one. That state would end up out producing all the others 10x-1 within a decade. And possibly 1,000x-to 1. And I bet that the math even supports a...

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Future Tech Will Amplify Addiction—Act Now
SocialNov 26, 2025

Future Tech Will Amplify Addiction—Act Now

@PAstynome When World Models really show up in spatial computing devices (in about two years) it will get far worse. And when brain computer interfaces show up it will get far worse again. So, we need to figure out addiction issues now.

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Curated AI Lists Bypass X’s Follow Limit
SocialNov 26, 2025

Curated AI Lists Bypass X’s Follow Limit

Following everyone in AI does makes the For You feed much, much smarter. Unfortunately for you X doesn’t let you follow 31,000 people. I wish you could see mine. I put them all into lists so you can get some of the...

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AI-Driven Dental Offices Boost Satisfaction, Signal Future
SocialNov 25, 2025

AI-Driven Dental Offices Boost Satisfaction, Signal Future

The dentists' office of the future. Here today at @TeamCloudberry. Customer satisfaction numbers are way up. Welcome to the automated dentists' office. The AI does all the grunge tasks other than putting their fingers in people's mouths. Customer service. Tracking of everything....

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FLUX.2 Launch Sparks Early Holiday Excitement
SocialNov 25, 2025

FLUX.2 Launch Sparks Early Holiday Excitement

Today's big model release is FLUX.2 from @bfl_ml. It's like Christmas before Thanksgiving lately, isn't it?

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AGI's Arrival Uncertain; Automation Fuels Economic Boom
SocialNov 25, 2025

AGI's Arrival Uncertain; Automation Fuels Economic Boom

After listening to @ilyasut I am even more convinced we won’t know when AGI gets here. But liked how he predicted humans will change as AI gets better. Economic boom times arrive as more people get into automating their businesses and...

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Must‑Listen Interview Ignites AI Community, Follow My X Pro Lists
SocialNov 25, 2025

Must‑Listen Interview Ignites AI Community, Follow My X Pro Lists

I agree. Incredible interview by @dwarkesh_sp of @ilyasut. I could listen to both for months and not get bored. It's like being at a great university and hearing the best professor. I love X. This just LIT UP the AI community....

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AI's Temporal Hacking Threatens Autonomy and Democracy
SocialNov 25, 2025

AI's Temporal Hacking Threatens Autonomy and Democracy

AI manipulation techniques revealed. For our free newsletter this week, we cover temporal hacking: AI systems that game human attention over months. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.   Temporal hacking describes AI systems that optimize for long term outcomes by subtly...

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LLMs Still Far From Their Intelligence Ceiling
SocialNov 25, 2025

LLMs Still Far From Their Intelligence Ceiling

LLMs haven't hit their "smartness" limits yet.

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NVIDIA's Jetson Shortage Highlights Soaring Demand Across All Tiers
SocialNov 25, 2025

NVIDIA's Jetson Shortage Highlights Soaring Demand Across All Tiers

Matt is right about NVIDIA's competition. No one can meet demand. We need all hands on deck. And Jensen didn't even talk about its Jetson product line in the latest earnings report. Entrepreneurs tell me they have to wait eight weeks...

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Genspark’s Token‑Heavy Model Fuels Unicorn‑Speed Growth
SocialNov 25, 2025

Genspark’s Token‑Heavy Model Fuels Unicorn‑Speed Growth

You get Opus. And you get Opus. And you get Opus. Genspark uses more tokens than almost any company. At its press event last week the founder proudly held up a trophy from OpenAI proving so. Out of all the American companies...

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AI Misalignment Threatens Humans; Learn Cognitive Sovereignty Now
SocialNov 24, 2025

AI Misalignment Threatens Humans; Learn Cognitive Sovereignty Now

“They weren’t looking for this.” Why do I call my show “Unaligned?” Because this is the alignment issue of our day and when the AI safety folks get alignment wrong it does humans harm. I am in a fortunate place: unaligned from the...

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Uber's AI Turns Drivers Into Global Data Force
SocialNov 20, 2025

Uber's AI Turns Drivers Into Global Data Force

Had dinner last night with one of the Uber AI employees and I came to the conclusion that I was wrong about Uber. Even if Tesla takes away its car business (and that's not guaranteed, and even if it happens,...

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AI Takes Over Strategy, Humans Set Goals
SocialNov 20, 2025

AI Takes Over Strategy, Humans Set Goals

AI will disrupt strategy before it disrupts execution. AI is overturning the old belief that machines would only handle low level tasks first. Because strategy lives in data, models, and simulations rather than the messy physical world, advanced AI systems are...

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Creating Datasets to Power Robotic World Models
SocialNov 19, 2025

Creating Datasets to Power Robotic World Models

This company is building datasets to build world models for robotics. Only has 39 followers.

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AI Growth Is Ongoing Waves, Not a Bubble
SocialNov 19, 2025

AI Growth Is Ongoing Waves, Not a Bubble

The AI bubble is not a bubble. It is a series of waves. Tried to tell you. The waves will continue for years. Surf is up. Catch the waves that you can. They are coming in tight sets today.

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Elon’s AI Diplomacy Unlocks Saudi Market
SocialNov 19, 2025

Elon’s AI Diplomacy Unlocks Saudi Market

I met with Saudi's head of AI last week in Abu Dhabi and he told me they wouldn't allow robots into the country without the data being stored in their datacenters. Well, here is how Tesla's robotaxis and Optimus humanoids...

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AI Lets Anyone Build Software in Minutes—No Excuses
SocialNov 19, 2025

AI Lets Anyone Build Software in Minutes—No Excuses

If you never have built software before what are you waiting for? I just built a fairly complex app with @Trae_ai in a few minutes. Nuts. Just by talking to it. And when I hit a snag, it helped me...

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Data‑Sharing Jobs Will Replace Automated Roles
SocialNov 19, 2025

Data‑Sharing Jobs Will Replace Automated Roles

Here is a new job of the future. The founder of @useKled, Avi Patel, @avipat_ lays down how his system is paying people to share their photos, videos, and other data to get paid. We need many more new companies...

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Google Gemini 3 Sparks Unprecedented AI Community Buzz
SocialNov 18, 2025

Google Gemini 3 Sparks Unprecedented AI Community Buzz

How big a deal is Google Gemini 3? Haven’t seen a release get so much attention across the community of 35,000 in AI as this one has. Use X Pro and lists. Way better to watch the whole community: https://t.co/9eRY65x3IQ (I have...

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Gemini 3 Spreads Across Platforms Amid Cloudflare Outage
SocialNov 18, 2025

Gemini 3 Spreads Across Platforms Amid Cloudflare Outage

Are you trying Google Gemini 3 on Genspark? Or on Flowith? Or Cursor? Or just raw dogging it on Google AI studio? Just a few that have already added Gemini, my whole feed is Gemini this morning. Oh, and welcome...

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Google Defies Doubters, Leads AI with Video Data
SocialNov 18, 2025

Google Defies Doubters, Leads AI with Video Data

You are an AI OG if you can remember the days when everyone said Google was doomed and would never lead in AI. They aren’t saying that anymore. And who has the most video data to build world models, which will run...

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AI “Grok” Chooses Next Startup Interviews
SocialNov 18, 2025

AI “Grok” Chooses Next Startup Interviews

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!

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Video-Trained World Models Will Accelerate Robot Intelligence
SocialNov 18, 2025

Video-Trained World Models Will Accelerate Robot Intelligence

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...

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New Grok to Power X and Humanless Tesla Robotaxi
SocialNov 17, 2025

New Grok to Power X and Humanless Tesla Robotaxi

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....

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Stop Using AI to Write Your Resume and Cover Letter
SocialNov 17, 2025

Stop Using AI to Write Your Resume and Cover Letter

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...

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Open, Safe, Factual LLMs Are Essential for AI Safety
SocialNov 17, 2025

Open, Safe, Factual LLMs Are Essential for AI Safety

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...

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AI Triumphs Over Human in Abu Dhabi Motorsport
SocialNov 15, 2025

AI Triumphs Over Human in Abu Dhabi Motorsport

The AI beat the human. @A2RLeague is exciting. The crowd was pulling for the human. But alas. Exciting Motorsport here in Abu Dhabi. Shows that robots can now compete with humans in Motorsport in a head-to-head race. Here are the final two laps. https://t.co/EKhH2DyVpp

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360‑Camera World Models Will Make Robots Smart Soon
SocialNov 15, 2025

360‑Camera World Models Will Make Robots Smart Soon

How weird is my life? This morning @boosterobotics head of global markets (Chinese humanoid robots) was sitting at the table next to mine in Abu Dhabi. He agrees with me that world models are about to change robotics deeply and that 360...

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360° Vision Beats Human‑Like Sensors in Robots
SocialNov 15, 2025

360° Vision Beats Human‑Like Sensors in Robots

It is stupid that a robot needs to “aim” to see things. The robot industry still hasn’t figured out that a 360-degree camera is superior. Same with humanoid robots. A 360-degree camera is far superior to the ones @1x_tech put in theirs. It...

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Short‑Lived AI Boosts Privacy, Sparks Accountability Dilemmas
SocialNov 14, 2025

Short‑Lived AI Boosts Privacy, Sparks Accountability Dilemmas

What is ephemeral intelligence? @IrenaCronin and I cover this in our newsletter this week, which makes on AI themes.   Ephemeral intelligence refers to short lived AI agents designed to perform a single task with minimal context and then delete themselves completely. They...

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AI‑only University in Abu Dhabi Fuels Global World Models
SocialNov 13, 2025

AI‑only University in Abu Dhabi Fuels Global World Models

World Models are shipping from around the world. From the only university that teaches only AI. I was there yesterday (it is in Abu Dhabi) and this school is so impressive. Have a class recorded by a professor there that I will...

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Robots Will Flood Market, Redefining Humanity
SocialNov 13, 2025

Robots Will Flood Market, Redefining Humanity

Your robot will learn everything in one day. This is what the “AI must slow down” people don’t get. AI is about to speed up. And https://t.co/eGVCUkhwZe’s NEO won’t have a human inside for long. This is why @elonmusk keeps telling me that robots...

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Over 7,400 Companies Now Using AI
SocialNov 13, 2025

Over 7,400 Companies Now Using AI

Replace “home computer” with robot. Or any AI. I made the lists: https://t.co/fasUz7OWRS 7,400+ companies. 30 added in past week alone.

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Racing AI Shows Future of Transportation
SocialNov 13, 2025

Racing AI Shows Future of Transportation

Inside the @A2RLeague autonomous car racing league with its technology director. Fast cars and AI. Tons of insights about why this effort is important for the future of transportation. https://t.co/XhWYZdOxsO

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Decentralized AI Swarms Accelerate Path to AGI
SocialNov 13, 2025

Decentralized AI Swarms Accelerate Path to AGI

The road to AGI. The founders of @fortytwo lay out why they have a big breakthrough with its decentralized AI that will get to AGI faster than the "big" LLM companies. Decentralized "swarms" of AIs working together is a big idea...

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VITRA Teaches Robots Hand Skills Through Egocentric Videos
SocialNov 11, 2025

VITRA Teaches Robots Hand Skills Through Egocentric Videos

Why do I say that X is the best learning system the world has ever invented? This is a very technical paper on how world models, er VLAs, make robots a lot smarter. Click the Grok button. And ask: “Hey Grok, can...

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AI-Powered Robot Vacuum Redefines Consumer Gadget Excellence
SocialNov 11, 2025

AI-Powered Robot Vacuum Redefines Consumer Gadget Excellence

My floor-cleaning robot has an NVIDIA Jetson card inside. This is how it sees, navigates, and takes action. It is an AI Agent. And it is one of the best consumer electronics gadgets I have ever purchased. Been to the CES show...

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Investing in Tiny AI Chips for Robots, Medical Devices
SocialNov 10, 2025

Investing in Tiny AI Chips for Robots, Medical Devices

This company is one you will hear a LOT more about. They make tiny AI computers for robots and medical devices. I just invested after a friend who makes medical devices told me how far ahead it is.

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World Models Soon Control Everything— We’re Ignoring It
SocialNov 10, 2025

World Models Soon Control Everything— We’re Ignoring It

World models are soon going to run everything. The world isn’t paying enough attention.

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AI Creativity Turns Work Into Playful Future
SocialNov 10, 2025

AI Creativity Turns Work Into Playful Future

I have been talking to the guy (and it is a guy who lives in the UK) who is behind @trishacode (his wife is the drummer). He is one of a new crop of creative geniuses using AI to create new...

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New AI Advances Promise Safe Humanoid Robots Soon
SocialNov 10, 2025

New AI Advances Promise Safe Humanoid Robots Soon

Luckily new AIs are on their way. Active inferencing and cognitive architectures. That will lead to safe humanoids soon.

By Robert Scoble
Meta's AI Glasses Fall Short versus Superior Chinese Rivals
SocialNov 10, 2025

Meta's AI Glasses Fall Short versus Superior Chinese Rivals

This is why I was so disappointed in Meta’s new display AI glasses. It had one shot to compete with the Chinese and it fell flat. These are way better.

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Autonomous Cars Outpace Humans, Racing to the Future
SocialNov 10, 2025

Autonomous Cars Outpace Humans, Racing to the Future

In San Francisco we fight robots. In Abu Dhabi they race them. Already they are faster than human pro drivers. I will be there Saturday for the finals to understand how autonomous vehicles can go faster than humans.

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UAE Mandates All Robot Data Stored Locally, Any Origin
SocialNov 9, 2025

UAE Mandates All Robot Data Stored Locally, Any Origin

I just met the head of AI for United Arab Emirates and he told me if anyone wants to sell a robot there they must store all data in its datacenters. Whether Chinese or American.

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Middle East AI Ethics Pioneer Leads Abu Dhabi Conference
SocialNov 9, 2025

Middle East AI Ethics Pioneer Leads Abu Dhabi Conference

The Middle East view of AI. Exclusive interview of H.E. Saeed Aldhaheri, commissioner and UNESCO co-chair of AI ethics. He has been working in AI long before Siri, the first consumer app to use AI, was launched in my home. Keynote speaker at...

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