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Week highlights: CellTransformer, Figure 03 robot, Base Power funding
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Dan's last Dose.
Peace in the Middle East.
Nobel winner lives best life.
Allen Institute's CellTransformer maps brains.
Figure unveils 03 robot that can do home chores.
Base Power Company announces $1B Series C .
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Inference Efficiency Drives AI Production Profitability and ROI
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As AI moves from prototypes to production, inference efficiency becomes the ultimate driver of profitability. Open benchmarks like InferenceMax provide a shared standard to measure performance, TCO, and ROI, validating NVIDIA’s full-stack approach of co-designed hardware and
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NVIDIA InferenceMAX Achieves 10x Performance Efficiency Gains
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Industries are scaling AI like never before. To help organizations extract maximum value, NVIDIA systems are built to deliver unmatched performance at AI factory scale. The latest InferenceMAX v1 benchmarks confirm: 10× more performance per watt, translating to lower
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Inference Efficiency Drives AI Production Profitability and ROI
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As AI moves from prototypes to production, inference efficiency becomes the ultimate driver of profitability. Open benchmarks like InferenceMax provide a shared standard to measure performance, TCO, and ROI, validating NVIDIA’s full-stack approach of co-designed hardware and
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OpenAI Hardware Efforts Require Patience for New Computing Interface
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Altman also said in an interview with The Rundown that OAI’s hardware efforts will “require patience” to “develop a totally new way to use a computer.” pic.twitter.com/0agMvdsGI4
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 9 octobre 2025Altman also said in an interview with The Rundown that OAI’s hardware efforts will “require patience” to “develop a totally new way to use a computer.”
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OpenAI creates 15-20 device concepts after $6.5B io acquisition
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He revealed his team has created 15-20 product concepts for a "family of devices" following OpenAI's $6.5B acquisition of his startup, io, in May. pic.twitter.com/vF7qtc5ziO
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 9 octobre 2025He revealed his team has created 15-20 product concepts for a "family of devices" following OpenAI's $6.5B acquisition of his startup, io, in May.
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Jony Ive OpenAI Hardware Partnership Aims Heal Human Tech Relationship
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Ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive provided a broader glimpse into his hardware partnership with OpenAI during an exclusive session with Sam Altman at Dev Day.
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 9 octobre 2025
Outlining plans for AI devices that heal humans’ fractured relationship with tech. pic.twitter.com/Pg5u3UuN7gEx-Apple design chief Jony Ive provided a broader glimpse into his hardware partnership with OpenAI during an exclusive session with Sam Altman at Dev Day. Outlining plans for AI devices that heal humans’ fractured relationship with tech.
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Jony Ive and OpenAI develop AI devices to heal human-tech relationship
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Sam Altman X Johny I've in an interview on the OpenAI Dev-Day
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 9 octobre 2025
Jony Ive just revealed his plans with OpenAI to build AI devices that could heal humans’ relationship with tech pic.twitter.com/7fp680uzvISam Altman X Johny I've in an interview on the OpenAI Dev-Day Jony Ive just revealed his plans with OpenAI to build AI devices that could heal humans’ relationship with tech
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AI and analog computing revolutionize transformers
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https://research.ibm.com/blog/how-can-analog-in-memory-computing-power-transformer-models?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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https://nature.com/articles/s43588-025-00854-1?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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