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.

AGI Could Replace Half of Jobs Within Two Years
SocialMar 26, 2026

AGI Could Replace Half of Jobs Within Two Years

A new definition of AGI? Last night at @hf0 I talked with an investor who told me he just gave a talk to Anthropic’s engineering team, who define AGI as “able to do more than half of all human...

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Humanoid Robots Remain Luxury, Not Mass‑market Purchase
SocialMar 25, 2026

Humanoid Robots Remain Luxury, Not Mass‑market Purchase

Good skepticism about @1x_tech's humanoid robot's prospects. I've done a lot of consumer research getting into people's homes around the world. While everyone "want" one, when they start thinking of $500 a month, and the privacy implications of having a...

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From First Live Build to Major Progress in a Year
SocialMar 25, 2026

From First Live Build to Major Progress in a Year

I was doing a show with @ASychov about a year ago where we built the first version of this live. So great to see how far it's come.

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Maturing AI Empowers Designers with Precise Client Control
SocialMar 25, 2026

Maturing AI Empowers Designers with Precise Client Control

Evidence that AI is getting more mature and better for using it by design pros who need control to satisfy clients. One of my favorite things to use.

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NVIDIA GTC Showcases Noble Robotics Heavy‑Duty Humanoid
SocialMar 25, 2026

NVIDIA GTC Showcases Noble Robotics Heavy‑Duty Humanoid

A glimpse of NVIDIA’s GTC last week. Tour of the expo hall ending with a look at Noble Robotics. Heavy duty humanoid. https://t.co/pXcXBtLMDL

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NVIDIA GTC Unveils Next‑Gen Radiology Imaging for Doctors
SocialMar 24, 2026

NVIDIA GTC Unveils Next‑Gen Radiology Imaging for Doctors

Glimpses of last week’s NVIDIA GTC. A new kind of radiology imaging for doctors. https://t.co/U59b5qmWL9

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AI's Next Frontier: Transforming Factories and Robotics
SocialMar 24, 2026

AI's Next Frontier: Transforming Factories and Robotics

Physical AI: AI moving into Factories and Robotics. 
@IrenaCronin and I write this free newsletter every week.   AI has been moving beyond chatbots and software tools into factories, robots, and industrial systems, where success depends on safe, reliable real-world performance. The main...

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Speculation Swirls: NVIDIA May Have Achieved AGI
SocialMar 24, 2026

Speculation Swirls: NVIDIA May Have Achieved AGI

So NVIDIA has solved AGI? I am going to sleep thinking about all the reasons why Jensen didn’t announce this last week in front of all the AI developers. https://t.co/yxCbNK9gHg

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Camera‑only Vision Outperforms LiDAR in Night Driving
SocialMar 22, 2026

Camera‑only Vision Outperforms LiDAR in Night Driving

This is how a CEO loses credibility with me. Cofounder of @NuroAi_Official A is making an AI that can drive vehicles, was winning me over through demonstrations of his more flexible AI than Tesla has demonstrated. Drove in left-hand Japan with...

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Jensen Huang’s Panel Reveals Next 1‑3 Years of AI
SocialMar 22, 2026

Jensen Huang’s Panel Reveals Next 1‑3 Years of AI

Panel discussions usually suck. This one didn't (for the AI community). It is of NVIDIA CEO/founder Jensen Huang interviewing 10 CEOs from frontier AI labs about what's happening in Open Models. In audience was thousands of the world's top AI thinkers. CEOs...

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Child Sketch Becomes Interactive Holodeck, Wins Hackathon
SocialMar 20, 2026

Child Sketch Becomes Interactive Holodeck, Wins Hackathon

I saw @NicoleLazzaro, a long-time VR pioneer in the hall at GTC. Said this won a hackathon at @fdotinc last weekend and it blew her away. Unfortunately it is on LinkedIn. Will leave the link on comments so that Grok might show...

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AVs Will Reach Global Slums Faster Than Tesla
SocialMar 20, 2026

AVs Will Reach Global Slums Faster Than Tesla

Just had a ride in the NVIDIA autonomous vehicle. I could argue that the Tesla is slightly smoother, but that is missing the point. The point I learned this week by hanging out with a bunch of different companies building autonomous...

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AI Revolution Redefines Business Through Robotics, Says Nvidia
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Revolution Redefines Business Through Robotics, Says Nvidia

The state of robotics. With the Head of Robotics and Edge Computing Ecosystem @ Nvidia. Amit Goel. Just one of dozens of interviews I've done this week for https://t.co/2BjIVhqvR4 who is having me cover the change that AI is bringing to all...

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Celebs Will Adopt AI Companions as Fans Adore Them
SocialMar 19, 2026

Celebs Will Adopt AI Companions as Fans Adore Them

Skylar won't be the last celebrity to do virtual beings or toys like this thanks to AI. Why? I hear from the people building them that the research with consumers shows that early users fall in love with them.

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AI Scans 600k Posts, Powers NVIDIA Investor Prep
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Scans 600k Posts, Powers NVIDIA Investor Prep

The Investor Report for NVIDIA. (I'm meeting in the morning with their venture arm, Inception). My AI reads 600,000 posts in minutes (it is a new kind of AI from Levangie Labs). And analyzes them. And tells me what's important so...

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AI Will Generate Full Video Games on Laptops Soon
SocialMar 18, 2026

AI Will Generate Full Video Games on Laptops Soon

I just got a stealth demo of a world model that builds video games that blew me away at GTC from @overworld_ai, a small startup. Coming over the next few weeks. Small models are about to generate full video games...

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NVIDIA GTC Signals OpenAI’s Shift Toward Enterprise
SocialMar 17, 2026

NVIDIA GTC Signals OpenAI’s Shift Toward Enterprise

Visiting the NVIDIA GTC expo hall shows you why OpenAI is changing strategy. All the big booths are enterprise. Does this mean @sama is gonna give up his dreams of stealing Tim Cook’s lunch? The biggest news here is how NVIDIA is bringing...

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OpenClaw Competition Heats up at NVIDIA GTCC
SocialMar 16, 2026

OpenClaw Competition Heats up at NVIDIA GTCC

Everyone is building an @openclaw competitor. Just ran into @mreflow and he has a DGX in his backpack. #nvidiagtc networking. Everyone is talking about the claw. Jensen just said hi to Peter. Two people everyone knows just by their first names. Said...

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Engineers Now Run Night‑time AI Tests, Robot Boom at Nvidia
SocialMar 16, 2026

Engineers Now Run Night‑time AI Tests, Robot Boom at Nvidia

Woz had to sneak into corporations in the 1970s in the middle of the night to program. Now engineers have to test their world models in the middle of the night when everyone is sleeping. I hear there are dozens...

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Catch All NVIDIA GTC Updates Here Tomorrow
SocialMar 15, 2026

Catch All NVIDIA GTC Updates Here Tomorrow

This week a ton of news is coming from the NVIDIA GTC event. Especially tomorrow. The best way to watch the news is this feed: https://t.co/wAjs9SAZfe

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Optimus Poised to Dominate AI Robot Race
SocialMar 15, 2026

Optimus Poised to Dominate AI Robot Race

This is a World Model breakthrough. Puts even more pressure on @Tesla_Optimus as it will show off a new humanoid in April. Version 3.0. Next week at @nvidia GTC the bar goes even higher, I hear. My money is that Optimus takes all...

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Weekly AI News Roundup: Curated Highlights You Can Skip Reading
SocialMar 14, 2026

Weekly AI News Roundup: Curated Highlights You Can Skip Reading

This week's AI news. My AI reads X so you don't have to. The best of the AI community in one page. Way better than your @openclaw can do. :-) https://t.co/k0demgPBmz

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Braygent Generates Full List of NVIDIA GTC Attendees
SocialMar 14, 2026

Braygent Generates Full List of NVIDIA GTC Attendees

Who is going to NVIDIA GTC next week? These people and companies: https://t.co/b030YHA4zp My "Braygent" made by me and @blevlabs is helping me plan out my week and made this complete report.

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Elon Musk’s Digital Optimus Could Transform AI Interaction
SocialMar 13, 2026

Elon Musk’s Digital Optimus Could Transform AI Interaction

For the Tesla community: What could @elonmusk do with a "Digital Optimus" that he announced he is working on this week? https://t.co/ULTS8YhPms

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Apple's AI Gap Shows in Subpar Keyboard Experience
SocialMar 12, 2026

Apple's AI Gap Shows in Subpar Keyboard Experience

The inability of Apple to build its own AI models will show up in more places. The keyboard is another. @typelessdotcom (or one of the competitors, like @WisprFlow or @usemonologue) is way way way better.

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Altryne Celebrates Three Years of Top AI Engineering Show
SocialMar 12, 2026

Altryne Celebrates Three Years of Top AI Engineering Show

Congrats to @altryne for doing his AI engineering show for three years. Still the best live show every week for people building with AI.

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A Lifetime Shaped by Apple’s Innovation and Community
SocialMar 12, 2026

A Lifetime Shaped by Apple’s Innovation and Community

49 years ago my dad bought an Apple II and my junior high, Hyde, in Cupertino, became one of the first schools to get an Apple II. I was one of five kids in its first computer club. 48 years ago...

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New $299 Smart Speaker with Built‑In Taste
SocialMar 12, 2026

New $299 Smart Speaker with Built‑In Taste

Another listening device? But one with taste built in. $299. Gonna be on top of the Christmas Tree in my house this year.

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Regretful of Crypto Scam, Warns Against Spamming Friends
SocialMar 11, 2026

Regretful of Crypto Scam, Warns Against Spamming Friends

I hate myself for ever claiming some crypto money that someone told me I had waiting for me. That part was true. But that community has been spamming my friends ever since trying to get them to do the same....

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Older Festivalgoers Skip EDM, Younger Fans Thrive
SocialMar 11, 2026

Older Festivalgoers Skip EDM, Younger Fans Thrive

I once ran a panel at Brian Zisk's music and tech conference where the woman who ran Coachella, and another who ran EDC in Vegas, and I talked about generational shifts in music that I noticed by going to several...

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NVIDIA Showcases Hybrid AI Driving System at GTC
SocialMar 11, 2026

NVIDIA Showcases Hybrid AI Driving System at GTC

Gonna get my own ride next week at GTC. My Tesla just drove me for an hour around Silicon Valley. It is eight years old. Just was at a funeral of my son’s friend’s dad who was killed in a car wreck...

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Codex Automates Twitter Outreach Three Times Faster than Claude
SocialMar 11, 2026

Codex Automates Twitter Outreach Three Times Faster than Claude

I can tell there is more than one person here who has hooked AI up to X. I did too. But ingested all of the AI community. About 50,000 posts a day. Soon I'll show you my work. Used it to...

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World Models: The AI Breakthrough Driving LeCun’s Billion
SocialMar 10, 2026

World Models: The AI Breakthrough Driving LeCun’s Billion

Why did @ylecun get a billion this morning? World Models. So I had my AI write a report on what they are. https://t.co/rIZ3wudPWp

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Toilet Camera Could Detect Colon Cancer Early
SocialMar 10, 2026

Toilet Camera Could Detect Colon Cancer Early

Put a camera on your toilet? I have two of these. The freakiest product of my life. But once you get over that you have a camera aimed at your poop it might save your life. My best friend died at...

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Traditional Automakers Missed Autonomous Future; Nvidia Leads
SocialMar 10, 2026

Traditional Automakers Missed Autonomous Future; Nvidia Leads

The funny thing is that Volkswagen sponsored the Stanford University department and building where @waymo started. Yet didn't invest in building an autonomous vehicle itself. Just like all the other traditional automakers. It's like Eastman Kodak, which invented the digital camera,...

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AI Declares the Ultimate Synthetic Data Study
SocialMar 8, 2026

AI Declares the Ultimate Synthetic Data Study

My AI agents say: "The most comprehensive synthetic data study ever published. Every frontier lab will reference this."

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Micro‑apps Will Eclipse Monoliths, but Latency Limits Robot AI
SocialMar 8, 2026

Micro‑apps Will Eclipse Monoliths, but Latency Limits Robot AI

I am expecting a flood of these micro apps. The monolithic apps will be eaten by these micro apps. Your main AI will work with them. I was told last night that is what Meta is planning with new AI releases coming soon. It...

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Neuralink’s AI Will Turn Phones Into Personal Educators
SocialMar 7, 2026

Neuralink’s AI Will Turn Phones Into Personal Educators

Elon told me cognitive enhancements coming in three years. From @neuralink. Your phone will soon better educate you than it does today due to new World Model technology. Isn’t that a cognitive enhancement? Yes.

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New AI Community Watch Tool Showcases X API Power
SocialMar 6, 2026

New AI Community Watch Tool Showcases X API Power

Sneak peek: A new way to watch all of AI community here on X. Coming soon, want your feedback as I put finishing touches on it. Built as joint project with @blevlabs and me. OpenClaw can't do as good, neither can any other...

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Real‑time AI Video Creates Interactive, Immersive Experiences
SocialMar 6, 2026

Real‑time AI Video Creates Interactive, Immersive Experiences

The hallucinations of AI provide mental health break A new kind of AI is here. A real-time world model. This isn’t like anything else you’ve ever done on your computer. It creates frames one after another, which translates into a new...

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GPT‑5.4 Powers Instant AI‑Generated Reports and Videos
SocialMar 6, 2026

GPT‑5.4 Powers Instant AI‑Generated Reports and Videos

What does @OpenAI GPT 5.4 (just released this morning) mean for developers? You talked about it. My AI agents read it. Wrote a report. Sent it over to @NotebookLM. Which made this video. Using the new cinematic quality released yesterday. This was...

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AI Accelerates Rare Disease Diagnosis, Saving Lives
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI Accelerates Rare Disease Diagnosis, Saving Lives

What good things is AI doing? Here's 10 things my AI agents found here on X that are examples of good things AI has done for humans. +++++ 1. "ChatGPT saved my life" — grocery store conversation about an ultra-rare diagnosis "Doctors...

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Meta Glasses Privacy Breach Threatens AR Adoption
SocialMar 5, 2026

Meta Glasses Privacy Breach Threatens AR Adoption

The biggest viral AI post across all lists today. 14,000+ retweets. Meta glasses sending intimate footage to offshore contractors is exactly the privacy nightmare everyone predicted. This could kill consumer AR adoption if not addressed immediately.

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AI‑Generated Code Powers Camera‑Hat SLAM Breakthrough
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI‑Generated Code Powers Camera‑Hat SLAM Breakthrough

This guy built a hat with cameras. What does it all mean? I asked Grok to explain it like if I was a nine-year-old: https://t.co/yjJWALOLqV Helping translate nerd to English. :-)

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AI-Driven Oven Turns Toast Into Morning Magic
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI-Driven Oven Turns Toast Into Morning Magic

Matt made my June oven that automatically makes my toast in the morning. Has one of the first NVIDIA Jetson cards inside. My wife considers it magic. And he is at it again.

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NotebookLM Adds API for Automatic Cinematic Video Creation
SocialMar 4, 2026

NotebookLM Adds API for Automatic Cinematic Video Creation

When it gets an API Notebook LM will be the place to create automatic video shows. I'm close to doing that with the system I'm building, just need to copy and paste into it.

By Robert Scoble
Glasses that Identify Strangers Threaten Everyday Privacy
SocialMar 4, 2026

Glasses that Identify Strangers Threaten Everyday Privacy

The first day I got my Google Glasses home my wife asked me "can it show me anything about the people I'm meeting?" Meta is planning that on its glasses. Are we ready for a world where everyone is known? I am,...

By Robert Scoble
Alibaba Qwen Loses Top Leader, Future Uncertain
SocialMar 3, 2026

Alibaba Qwen Loses Top Leader, Future Uncertain

Lots of people commenting on this quitting of @Alibaba_Qwen's top leader. Wondering what it means for Qwen now, will be hard to replace.

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Consuming 50k AI Posts Just to Speak
SocialMar 1, 2026

Consuming 50k AI Posts Just to Speak

I watch 50,000 in AI here on X so I can have something to say. What I have to say: https://t.co/Wo1FK0bmkW

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