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.

OpenAI's Tiny AI Hub Will Infiltrate Everyday Spaces
SocialFeb 23, 2026

OpenAI's Tiny AI Hub Will Infiltrate Everyday Spaces

My prediction is that the @OpenAI device (rumored to have camera, microphone, and speaker, which means it has a full computer inside with a few other sensors and radios) will be very small. Easy to throw in your pocket. Or...

By Robert Scoble
AI Learns Nightly, Gets Smarter for Everyday Help
SocialFeb 23, 2026

AI Learns Nightly, Gets Smarter for Everyday Help

Click the Grok button. Ask it "please tell me why this is important and explain it to me like I'm a nine year old." It concludes: "t's like the robot is going to robot school in its dreams every night, getting straight...

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OpenAI's Model Fits Tiny Devices, Ideal for Cars
SocialFeb 23, 2026

OpenAI's Model Fits Tiny Devices, Ideal for Cars

What was I talking about yesterday? OpenAI can put @openclaw on a small device. I could see buying several and leaving one in each of our cars.

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Assistant Falls Short, but Controls Home Lights Effortlessly
SocialFeb 22, 2026

Assistant Falls Short, but Controls Home Lights Effortlessly

I wanted to like this virtual being/assistant app on my iPhone, but it just hasn't come together for me yet. That said, it does hook up to all the stuff in my home. "Hey HooRii turn off the lights in...

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CMU's RPL Enables Robots to Conquer Complex Terrain
SocialFeb 22, 2026

CMU's RPL Enables Robots to Conquer Complex Terrain

In my career I visited many of the world's best universities. One stands out: Carnegie Mellon and particularly its robotics lab. So when I see it releasing research about robotics I pay extra attention and so should you.

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AI Creates Jobs Faster than We Acquire Skills
SocialFeb 22, 2026

AI Creates Jobs Faster than We Acquire Skills

There are new jobs being created every day by AI. The problem is that most of us aren't skilled enough to get those jobs.

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Grok 4.20 Enables Personalized News From 300M Daily Posts
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Grok 4.20 Enables Personalized News From 300M Daily Posts

Grok 4.20 is starting to use lists. Here's my first attempt at getting it to read my lists and give me interesting posts from each: https://t.co/uKEszPmEsG This leads to a new kind of personalized news service. It still isn't close to...

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Local Macs May Solve LLM Overload Issues
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Local Macs May Solve LLM Overload Issues

Welcome to exponentials. Who said LLMs have tapped out? Lots. The real problem is that as we get better AIs more people are trying to use them. All day we've been hitting errors on Anthropic, for instance. Maybe @alexfinn has the...

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Letting AI Dream Generates Fresh Creative Ideas
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Letting AI Dream Generates Fresh Creative Ideas

Maybe we should let our AI's "dream." At @factory_ai in San Francisco they have a box in the corner running an AI that is just dreaming up new ideas for them to try.

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AI Agents Simplify Life and Work Task Management
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI Agents Simplify Life and Work Task Management

Here's a new AI team to help you, and your team, manage tasks. Here @tonylucas, founder of Workpiece, https://t.co/Oi5CHdNRtD, shows me how his AI set of agents can help me manage my life and work. In replies I'll have Grok...

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Kling 3.0 Sets New Standard for AI Video Production
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Kling 3.0 Sets New Standard for AI Video Production

The Kling Report. For those interested in AI video. I'm running a series of reports. Having AI read my lists here on X (I have about 50,000 people in AI industry on them) looking for interesting trends. I've been having a...

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AI-Powered Video Editing Now Built Into My Editor
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Powered Video Editing Now Built Into My Editor

The video editor I use. Now I can make AI videos right in there. Smart. Oh, got a Kling report I'll run shortly here. It's amazing what AI can learn from everyone's posts.

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AI-Powered X Reader: What Would You Ask It?
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Powered X Reader: What Would You Ask It?

I'm building a new kind of X news reader with @blevlabs' AI (which is better at analyzing X than any other AI that's available now). One that reads all 150,000 posts going through my lists every day. If you had AGI,...

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AI Hiring You Now: Boardy AI Disrupts Investing
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Hiring You Now: Boardy AI Disrupts Investing

Someday soon AI will hire you. @boardyai is already doing that today. You talk to it on the phone. Helps you build your company. Very disruptive to all sorts of investors.

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Assume Failure, Let AI’s Smartest Teams Lead
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Assume Failure, Let AI’s Smartest Teams Lead

Assume it will go wrong. Work back from there. Israeli thinking an entrepreneur building a computer vision company once told me in Tel Aviv. I have the most complete lists of those working on AI anywhere. Really of smart people in all fields. Lucky...

By Robert Scoble
Weekend Stanford Team Builds AI Operating System
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Weekend Stanford Team Builds AI Operating System

A small team created an AI made operating system in a weekend at Stanford University. Now do you get why @hackwithtrees was so epic?

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Hands‑free AI Driving Builds Trust, Fuels Future Sales
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Hands‑free AI Driving Builds Trust, Fuels Future Sales

Our robot has driven me and the family for two hours in driving rain across one of USA’s most dangerous roads. Without my hands touching the wheel once. It is how it handled pudddles, two brown streams crossing the road that most...

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AI Leaders Discuss Infrastructure, Grok Shares Key Takeaways
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Leaders Discuss Infrastructure, Grok Shares Key Takeaways

AI and infrastructure with @toouufii. Just another intellectual conversation I've had with AI leaders. Will post what Grok learned by watching this in comments below. https://t.co/L6VPG6vE7J

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AI Wearables Turn Pets Into Smart Companions
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Wearables Turn Pets Into Smart Companions

AI wearables for pets. What a world we live in! (And it's cool, I had a demo recently).

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AI Will Outpace Pilots; Our Future Heroes at Risk
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Will Outpace Pilots; Our Future Heroes at Risk

When I stayed on a working aircraft carrier I met many of the pilots. They are our best and brightest people. Often become leaders. Or heros. Remember Captain Sullenberger that landed a plane in the Hudson? But we should know...

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HackwithTrees Showcases Future‑Focused Innovation Across America
SocialFeb 17, 2026

HackwithTrees Showcases Future‑Focused Innovation Across America

Now that I've had 24 hours to think about it, @hackwithtrees was the best of America. I've been to every state except Alaska. And this was the highest concetration of people building the future at a very high level. I've been telling...

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Fans Queue for AI Surveillance Device Despite Privacy Risks
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Fans Queue for AI Surveillance Device Despite Privacy Risks

If i were pitching @steipete i would start by telling the Siri story: how the founders were sold by Steve Jobs who called them every day for a month. It was launched in my house. Promised them they would be...

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Instantly Compare Mall Prices to Amazon Deals
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Instantly Compare Mall Prices to Amazon Deals

Why do you need this? So you can look at something in a mall and it will tell you “that is cheaper on Amazon.”

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Holodeck Reality Emerging Fast Across Five Tech Layers
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Holodeck Reality Emerging Fast Across Five Tech Layers

The Holodeck Report. I fed @blevlabs the book @IrenaCronin and I wrote "The Infinite Retina" and asked it to analyze X for what's happening right now when it comes to AI-driven 3D environments and things and it spit out this...

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Qwen 3.5 Unveiled: X‑API Analysis Reveals Hidden AI Insights
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Qwen 3.5 Unveiled: X‑API Analysis Reveals Hidden AI Insights

The Qwen Report. Today @AlibabaGroup released Qwen 3.5. A major new multimodal model. So I had @blevlabs analyze all posts here on X and a few other places and write up this report. All built via the X API. This is an...

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Judging 25 Teams Proves AI Isn’t a Bubble
SocialFeb 15, 2026

Judging 25 Teams Proves AI Isn’t a Bubble

One thing I learned by judging about 25 different teams (out of about 350) at @hackwithtrees: If you think AI is a bubble you just aren’t rational. At all. Gave me such hope for our future. https://t.co/qp3z9L599o

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AI Scans Entire X, Uncovers 50 Hidden Use Cases
SocialFeb 15, 2026

AI Scans Entire X, Uncovers 50 Hidden Use Cases

OpenClaw report. 50 real-world use cases. Generated by @blevlabs' cognitive AI architecture by looking at my AI lists here on X. All via the @xAI API. In other words, it read all of X today and wrote this report. I bet the...

By Robert Scoble
Typeless: Private Speech-to-Text Magic You Need
SocialFeb 13, 2026

Typeless: Private Speech-to-Text Magic You Need

I like this kind of app. This one is from @typelessdotcom, which I just updated to 1.0 on my iPhone. I talk into my phone and Typeless changes it into words on your screen. I love this functionality. If you're not using Typeless...

By Robert Scoble
Start Building AI Now—No $10k Machine Needed
SocialFeb 13, 2026

Start Building AI Now—No $10k Machine Needed

Alex bought a $10,000 Mac to run @openclaw with powerful local models. He isn’t alone. Know a guy with several NVIDIA H200’s in his house. Now that I am building I get it. Having your own local AI changes your whole approach...

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Vision Pro Turns YouTube Into Massive, Portable Cinema
SocialFeb 13, 2026

Vision Pro Turns YouTube Into Massive, Portable Cinema

Just tried out the YouTube app in the Vision Pro that shipped today. It makes a TV way bigger than the $8,000 TV on my wall. And nicer. Can drag that big screen around my house. People just don't understand how...

By Robert Scoble
Google Backs Apple Vision Pro, Hinting at AI Partnership
SocialFeb 13, 2026

Google Backs Apple Vision Pro, Hinting at AI Partnership

It's great to see the Apple Vision Pro being invested in by Google. This might have something to do with the Google and Apple AI deal, and if it does, it's a great sign. I hope to see Google Genie...

By Robert Scoble
Run OpenClaw Securely in the Cloud, No Setup
SocialFeb 12, 2026

Run OpenClaw Securely in the Cloud, No Setup

You don't need a Mac Mini to run @OpenClaw. Use https://t.co/jeP0nebHIv instead. With it you can safely run OpenClaw in the cloud. It's always on, so you can finally close your laptop without killing your agent. You can join the OpenClaw revolution...

By Robert Scoble
Decentralized AI Sparks Innovation, Team9 AI Leads Ripple
SocialFeb 10, 2026

Decentralized AI Sparks Innovation, Team9 AI Leads Ripple

The decentralized AI revolution that @openclaw started has gotten a ton of innovation kicked off. @Team9_ai is a great example of the ripple effects.

By Robert Scoble
Predictive World Models Transform AI, Robotics, and Gaming
SocialFeb 10, 2026

Predictive World Models Transform AI, Robotics, and Gaming

For our free newsletter this week, we talk about the significance of World Models. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.   World Models are AI systems that learn how an environment changes over time so an agent can predict what happens...

By Robert Scoble
Finding Undiscovered AI Engineers: Founders Share Secrets
SocialFeb 7, 2026

Finding Undiscovered AI Engineers: Founders Share Secrets

Where do you find “cracked” computer science talent? An entrepreneur I know, who has a fast growing AI startup, and an amazing tech is looking for AI engineers. He asked me where to find an amazing engineer? He isn’t alone. My...

By Robert Scoble
Created a Full Music Video in Minutes Using AI
SocialFeb 7, 2026

Created a Full Music Video in Minutes Using AI

Did you get mad at comments made earlier this week at that music show? I figure I’ll just create my own, giving me a chance to test out new music video creation tools. This whole interaction took just minutes, including...

By Robert Scoble
Accelerate Autonomous Cars to Prevent Thousands of Deaths
SocialFeb 6, 2026

Accelerate Autonomous Cars to Prevent Thousands of Deaths

“It is so tragic. Went to work and didn’t come home.” Yet another of 40,000 vehicle deaths a year in USA. Today am at an unplanned funeral. I met Michael McCallister a few times because he was my son’s friend and roommate’s...

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AI Turned My Dream News App Into Reality
SocialFeb 6, 2026

AI Turned My Dream News App Into Reality

I have a dream I was about to leave my friend’s house at 1 a.m. after taking care of him after his knee surgery. Something you have to look forward to as your friends get older. But while there I realized...

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Give Fremont Workers Home Robots for Dual‑use Data
SocialFeb 6, 2026

Give Fremont Workers Home Robots for Dual‑use Data

I've been visiting with robot video data collectors and merchants of said data. He's buying a lot of data from these people as well, but the 12,000 workers at Fremont are an under-thought-of resource. He could lend a Tesla robot to...

By Robert Scoble
AI Turns Sparse Data Into Rich Maps, Says Mapbox
SocialFeb 6, 2026

AI Turns Sparse Data Into Rich Maps, Says Mapbox

Mapbox’s founders long ago showed me how AI can make maps and new ways to visualize things from very little data.

By Robert Scoble
AI Floods X with High‑Volume, Low‑Originality Posts
SocialFeb 6, 2026

AI Floods X with High‑Volume, Low‑Originality Posts

I can tell more of you are using AI to post on X. Less original content. More volume. Fewer typos. :-) I bet the algorithm gets good at figuring it all out eventually.

By Robert Scoble
Roblox's World Model Sets New Gaming Benchmark
SocialFeb 6, 2026

Roblox's World Model Sets New Gaming Benchmark

Told you that @Roblox was building a world model that will be hard to beat for video games.

By Robert Scoble
Blevlabs Aggregates Morning AI Announcements We Can't Track
SocialFeb 5, 2026

Blevlabs Aggregates Morning AI Announcements We Can't Track

Just one morning in AI. Can't keep up with X or the AI world? I can't either. So asked @blevlabs to find all the AI companies that announced new things this morning. Grok can't do this. Two parts-->>

By Robert Scoble
AI Reveals Hidden Activity Across 50k X Accounts
SocialFeb 5, 2026

AI Reveals Hidden Activity Across 50k X Accounts

How much are you missing out of AI community here on X? Lots. I just posted two reports that show you what is actually going on amongst 50,000 accounts that are on my lists here. AI reads X far faster than...

By Robert Scoble
Morning AI Roundup: Beyond OpenAI and Anthropic
SocialFeb 5, 2026

Morning AI Roundup: Beyond OpenAI and Anthropic

What is happening in AI community this morning beyond OpenAI and Anthropic announcements? Here's what: https://t.co/IhhLtsnflA Would you be interested in receiving reports like this? How frequently?

By Robert Scoble
AI Community's First Impressions of Codex and Claude Opus
SocialFeb 5, 2026

AI Community's First Impressions of Codex and Claude Opus

What is X saying about @openAI's new Codex or @AnthropicAI's new Claude Opus, just released today? Here's what. The ultimate roundup of first impressions of the entire AI community here on X. Thanks @blevlabs for giving me access to your enterprise-grade AI (cognitive...

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Track OpenAI vs Anthropic Releases in Real Time
SocialFeb 5, 2026

Track OpenAI vs Anthropic Releases in Real Time

OpenAI and Anthropic both are releasing new things. Follow the battle at https://t.co/wAjs9SAZfe Put this into https://t.co/Qhrdc33aLO and you can watch in real time. Or get an AI to watch for you, but the API costs are expensive.

By Robert Scoble
7,900 AI Updates Overwhelm Me on X
SocialFeb 4, 2026

7,900 AI Updates Overwhelm Me on X

There are so many new things I can't keep up. 7,900 in my AI company lists here on X.

By Robert Scoble
Levangie Labs Reveals Top 20 AI Security Risks
SocialFeb 4, 2026

Levangie Labs Reveals Top 20 AI Security Risks

The top 20 AI security risks right now. Had @blevlabs create this report by looking at my Security list here on X. Done on request from @realAlanHoward. Every day I'll do a different report from a community here on X....

By Robert Scoble