Teaching Abu Dhabi Leaders Humanity’s Future with Synthetic Intelligence
Even the toilets in Abu Dhabi are gold plated. There is so much wealth here. United Arab Emirates is the 81st country I have been in, my passport says. In some I peed into a hole in the ground. When I got on the plane I thought I would only be doing a couple of speeches. But just talked myself into being the MC for the event. Which is teaching the money here in Abu Dhabi about the upsides and downsides of merging humans and other biological beings into new synthetic intelligence. It is a role that I have prepared hard for by visiting with brain/computer interface pioneers (I have them on my neuroscience list) and robotics and AI pioneers (many lists). And many startups around the world. We will explore how humans will not just survive as our societies automate (many fears there about jobs and meaning going away) but how we will need to evolve belief itself. Scary huge topics. How did I get this new role? Ride with the conference organizer from the airport at 2 a.m. Have one of the most interesting conversations of my life, and as we were walking into the hotel she told me one of the fires she was fighting was their MC couldn’t show up. Remember the Hamilton play? When your shot shows up take it. Thank you to X. This is the world’s best learning platform. Could any other prepare me? No. I am on team humanity, even though I mostly share AI here with you. Will try to get the money aimed in the right direction to help us all. Gotta get a couple hours of sleep…
Baidu’s ERNIE‑5.0 Ties for Global #2 Ranking
Top ranked model in China from @Baidu_Inc which is hosting a big event next week, so I expect more news. I just arrived in Paris headed to Dubai where I am speaking at one event (actually in Abu Dhabi) and then...
Wabi Proves AI Needs Taste, Not Just Power
Inside the hot new mobile app. That builds mobile apps that are really awesome. When the AI industry says "the future of AI will be built with people who have taste" they should look at @wabi for a great example. It's...
Robots Master New Skills in Minutes, Not Weeks
"Robots now learn new skills in tens of MINUTES (not weeks)"
Compare Rapidly Evolving AI Agent Platforms Every Few Months
There are developer AI’s for AI agents like @FactoryAI or @cursor_ai. More than 1,000 of this on my lists here on X. Then there are more generalized platforms like @genspark_ai, @ManusAI, @n8n_io, @flowith_ai, @Pokee_AI which are better for running agents for...
Mobile AI Apps Are Reviving Consumer Innovation
I am flying to Abu Dhabi tomorrow. So bummed I am missing this. But today I got one of the best interviews of my career with @ekuyda. Video up tomorrow. Her new app on iPhone, @wabi is so awesome. Let’s you build...
Government Should Fund AI, Requiring Shared IP
Yesterday I said the government shouldn't invest in OpenAI. There's another side to that coin, of course. My mom always taught me to be able to argue both sides of an argument. And we are competing with China, which has...
Google Announces Game‑Changing AI Infrastructure Expansion
Google is making HUGE moves in AI infrastructure. I got the press release this morning that @TeksEdge shares. It is one of the most stunning press releases I've ever gotten and I get a lot.
Automate Video Learning with AI Agents, Skip Watching
Do not watch this video. Instead: 1. Click the Grok button on this post. Wait for it to get done with its three points. Then ask it "what did you learn by watching this video?" 2. Sign up for @Pokee_AI, give it...
Reinforcement Learning Boosts AI Agents Beyond LLMs
Good morning world model fans. Today I put up a video with founder of @Pokee_AI who has a very different, and better than the others, way to make AI agents work better. Uses reinforcement learning and not just LLMs. More like how...
Prioritize Robotics Over OpenAI in US Funding
If @kscalelabs robotics can't get funding, why should the US government prop up OpenAI? In the competition with China having a strong robotics ecosystem is far more important than keeping an LLM builder up and running. The technology under robotics is changing...
Open‑source Robotics Lets Anyone Swap World Models
Out of the fire rises a Phoenix. Now they need a World Model (er a VLA) and then an open source robot makes sense to me as a business. Will be watching to see if this new effort can put...
AI Assistant Revolutionizes Creative Process for Influencers
Influencers, creatives (AI Artists), and media creators: Introducing https://t.co/dTX4U4vFqz which is an AI assistant for you. It really is a team of AI agents that cover every aspect of the creative process. I sit down with @shahrzadrafati who launches today. For everyone...
360 Cameras Power Next‑Gen Robot Vision and BCIs
When Insta360 launched in my home years ago I had no idea that its camera would be used to drive a brain computer interface this way. 360 cameras are becoming more important in the robot age. It's one way that...
New AI Breakthroughs Spark Major Competition for Tesla
BIG AI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DEMOS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW> OK, I've seen enough to see a major change in the world. They just announced major new video understanding models. I've been talking about this all week. Their autonomous vehicle is credible and is...
Video AI Begins Reasoning Like Human Perception
"Video models start to reason."
AI Filters Boost Top Influencers, Cull Low-Quality Posts
New AI's about to radically change "influence:" I was the first influencer, @biz tells people (he started the Website you are reading me on). I was the first one to get 1,000 followers here on X because back in 2006 I...
World Models Signal Accelerating Race Toward AGI
World Models. Active inferencing. Cognitive architectures. New AI approaches are arriving. @IrenaCronin and I talk about what it means for robotics, virtual beings, and AI agents and sets up the next year. The race to AGI is here. And the next 18...
American OS to Counter China’s Robot Data Dominance
How will USA compete with China in robotics? @stash_pomichter and his team have a huge answer. Rip out their OS and put an American-made OS into the Chinese robots. Let's be honest. America is not going to catch up to Chinese robotics companies....
Grok Gains Memory: Remembers Past Conversations
Grok now remembers. Tell it something in this post. Then when you talk to it again it will remember what you talked about.
Personal AI Firewalls Guard Local Models From Data Leaks
I'm evolving my thinking about privacy. Each of us has stuff that we don't want to "leak" into models. Intellectual property. Personal mental illness issues. Finances and investments. So how will we protect it all? A variety of new ways,...
World Models, Not LLMs, Will Drive Next‑year AGI
I'm more and more convinced after visiting with AI geniuses in San Francisco that LLMs are not the way forward. World Models are. Or this. Or cognitive archiectures. All of which we will call "AGI" when they arrive next year.
Privacy and Trust Are Crucial for Home Robots
The real problem for robots and virtual beings: Privacy. They will find your guns and your sex toys. Most humans are not ready for that and aren’t educated about how AI works to trust it. Trust. Am studying companies who are building these things...
World Models Give Robots Unique, Human‑Like Experiences
World Models are exponential learning engines. I learned yesterday in San Francisco that they lead to a system that behaves “conscious.” And it is running on melted sand. And consciousness isn’t the goal. Your robot will have a personality and life experiences that will...
AI Hardware Delays Persist as Palantir Exceeds Expectations
Meanwhile if you want an NVIDIA card to run a robot you must wait six or more weeks. And Palantir just beat analyst expectations (which were already sky high): https://t.co/Qzvlu3s093 And more AI waves are to come.
Universal Factory Robots Are Arriving, Soon Home Too
My new expectation. @Tesla_Optimus will be able to do any job in a factory. And it isn’t alone. I just visited another company that is doing just that. The world of robotics just had a major breakthrough and multiple companies are...
AI's Learning Speed Will Eclipse Human Progress Soon
Here I have a cute argument with Grok about whether it is a world model. As a kid a neighbor and I built our own sailboat. Then raced it on the San Francisco Bay. In three years @Tesla_Optimus will build a faster...
Google's World Model Paradoxically Benefits Apple
Google is building a world model that knows everything too. This is a big win for Apple, even though it looks like a loss.
Tesla's AI Paves Way for Autonomous Humanoid Revolution
It won’t matter. Now that I see what Tesla and xAI is up to, building a world model, that knows EVERYTHING, I am 100% convinced that Tesla will be the world leader in humanoids. And will be all autonomous within three years. I...
Grok Instantly Knows Every X Video’s Content
Hey Grok, what are your favorite Robert Scoble or Elon Musk videos? Everyone is missing how useful Grok has gotten. It knows EVERYTHING in every video uploaded here on X. https://t.co/2spReGRBrT
Robots Turn Billionaire Meals Into Everyday Service
Robots will bring billionaire living to a lot more people. I had the blessing to eat with @guysavoy several times. One of the best chefs in the world. He, and other top chefs taught me about the importance of getting fresh...
Decentralized Computing Empowers Autonomous, Private, Low‑Cost AI
Why does AI need decentralized computing? I know most AI people aren't paying attention to what's going on in the blockchain-based world, but there's a lot happening there. And same for those in the blockchain-based world (crypto and Web 3). This...
Optimus May Replace All Factory Workers by 2030
Elon DMd me this morning and said the next @Tesla_Optimus (version 3) can “probably” roll a cigar. Rolling joints is harder. If I was @elonmusk I would put three cameras on every one of his 12,000 workers in @tesla’s Fremont factory. That would...
People Reject Autonomous Cars—Adoption Inevitable Within Three Years
I did a lot of consumer research more than a decade ago for the auto industry. It drew the most heavy rejection of my career. “If a car drove up without a steering wheel would you take a ride with me?” One guy...
Jeremiah's Keynote Sets Stage for My AI Talk
Jeremiah @jowyang just gave a great keynote at @siliconvalleyAI that led into mine. Which is in audio below. https://t.co/H3q42wYKGm
Apple’s AI Comeback Will Reshape Computing by 2027
I'm getting bullish on Apple again. It will take three years to see that. But I've been seeing patents come out of Apple that are next level and I've been talking with insiders again and they are working on fixing...
Exclusive Genspark AI Talk: Gratitude and Early Access
I love @genspark_ai and tonight I met other customers who feel the same way. We heard @sang_wen cofounder talk about his company and open his Palo Alto headquarters. In the way to my robot that is driving me home I passed...
Matic Robots Showcase Consumer Electronics Genius in Kitchen
The @maticrobots is quite an interesting bit of technology. Love watching how it cleans our kitchen. Attended a @genspark_ai event in Palo Alto and hung out with a bunch of AI and robotics geniuses in its kitchen. What did we talk about? How...
Simulated Worlds Train Robots for Real‑World Factories
The future of simulated worlds with founder of https://t.co/VsxIMEnd0L Teaches robots how to work on factory floors. At Llama Lounge, @jowyang’s San Francisco AI event. https://t.co/e0tPK4eQwX
US Hardware Costs 20x Higher; Go to Shenzhen
“Building in USA is 20x more expensive than in India or China.” (At small scales). Am in a talk by @anithpatel1 who is making an AI hardware device that listens and does a variety of things. Mostly for businesses with specialized...
AI OS and Google Multimodal Model Power Robot Future
Flowith is bending my mind with its new AI OS. And Google’s multimodal model is what a lot of robot companies are using. I see where this is going.
AI Errors Reveal Insights, Fuel Human Innovation
AI's make mistakes. Can we learn from them? Yes! @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. AI mistakes, whether they reveal hidden biases, generate unexpected creative outputs, or highlight anomalies in data, can serve as valuable learning tools for humans. Instead of...
Young Engineer's Cognitive Architecture Outpaces Leading AI Models
How did a 20-year-old beat Grok. And ChatGPT. And Perplexity. And Gemini? In part one @blevlabs laid out how: he built a very different architecture to take AI to a new human level. Cognitive architectures, he calls them. I call...
AI Threatens Influencers: Only True Creativity Will Survive
AI is crowding out the humans everywhere except here on X. This has deep implications for all media. “Influencers” ability to influence is about to go away even here in X unless they have deep creativity and bring real value that AI’s...
Meta Lacks Leadership to Rival OpenAI in Consumer AI
Another new thesis. Meta won’t be able to compete with @OpenAI as it enters consumer electronics. The Meta/Raybans debacle and the way it treats the community and how it laid off 600 AI workers tells me it doesn’t have the leadership...
X’s For You Feed Improves with New AI
X’s For You feed just got noticeably better. They are turning on new AI systems. It will keep getting better. If you aren’t following my lists you are hurting yourself. They provide more signal to make your feed better too.
Y Combinator Sharpens Pitches Across Diverse SF Startups
The startups in San Francisco are getting much more interesting. Here's 10 who pitched last night at @jowyang's "Llama Lounge" event. If you are thinking of starting a company notice how tight they are at explaining their companies, which are...
Built a Baby Care Tracker in Minutes with AI
Got time for a 10-minute app? We have a new baby in the family. Kiana's four months old (my brother-in-law's new daughter). Since my wife is laid off, she is taking care of the child several times a week and...
OpenAI Pivots to Consumer Glasses and Phones.
Jony Ive is having to eat his words, I learned from an industry leader last night who has inside connections to @OpenAI. Can't disclose who it is, but he says that OpenAI is readying a full court consumer products push...
Human Workers Fuel Next Robot Breakthrough
Robot breakthrough. This is why the 12,000 workers at @Tesla's Fremont Factory are so important. I hear groups of them are training the robots, doing tasks over and over to give its simulator enough data to help it build very advanced...