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The Rundown Expands with New Robotics and Tech Newsletters
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White House Fires Copyright Office Head Amid AI Policy Tensions
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For context, the Head of the Copyright Office was fired shortly after by the Whitehouse, but theoretically it's under the purview of Congress not the executive.
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Elon Musk: Tesla Poised to Dominate Humanoid Robot Market
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Traduis en 🇫🇷
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 12 mai 2025
Elon Musk: "La seule entreprise qui possède tous les ingrédients pour fabriquer des robots humanoïdes intelligents à grande échelle est Tesla."
Elon croit qu'Optimus deviendra le plus grand produit de tous les temps — 10 fois plus important que le plus grand… pic.twitter.com/EZzVeWKKpdTraduis en Elon Musk: "La seule entreprise qui possède tous les ingrédients pour fabriquer des robots humanoïdes intelligents à grande échelle est Tesla." Elon croit qu'Optimus deviendra le plus grand produit de tous les temps — 10 fois plus important que le plus grand
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USCO Firings and Legal AI Interpretation Publishing
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Maybe! I believe the key firings at USCO were known in advance and that was the deciding factor. People getting fired wanted to leave a mark by publishing a correct legal interpretation instead what they were being (implicitly) told…
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Microsoft and Google Report 30% AI-Generated Code Achievement
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Microsoft and Google claim they're already at 30% for all new code… so not long
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Newsletter covers OpenAI, CoreWeave, and ClickHouse AI investments
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Je viens d'envoyer ma dernière Newsletter. Voici le contenu du jour :
– OpenAI acquiert Windsurf pour 3 milliards de dollars
– CoreWeave vise 1,5 milliard de dollars après l'échec de son introduction en bourse
– ClickHouse vise une valorisation de 6 milliards de dollars
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Corporate Autonomous Vehicles: Vandalism Ethics and Ownership Shift
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Fascinated by the shift of ownership from “your car” or “uber driver’s car”
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Google Gemini Chain of Thought in Lean Language
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I know google is working on a version of Gemini where chain of thought happens in Lean. Curious to know if it does better
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xAI Grok 3.5 Beta Launch Delayed by Another Week
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xAI's Grok 3.5 is running late and needs "another week or so" to launch in beta Previously targeted for early May, the model is still "too rough around the edges," CEO Elon Musk posted on X Once available, he said, it will reason from first principles
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Meta AI Launches Locate 3D for 3D Object Localization in Robotics
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Meta AI launched Locate 3D, an AI for 3D object localization
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 12 mai 2025
Particularly useful in robotics, it can help humanoids and other systems understand and interact more naturally with their surroundings
Model, data, and code are all available on HFpic.twitter.com/yBK6mdeL5zMeta AI launched Locate 3D, an AI for 3D object localization Particularly useful in robotics, it can help humanoids and other systems understand and interact more naturally with their surroundings Model, data, and code are all available on HF