Grok is going to be the AI that runs Tesla cars, xAI, Neuralink, and Optimus, among other things. It makes a lot of sense for Tesla to invest in xAI, but I'm not so sure it makes sense to put xAI inside Tesla. If I was Elon, I would go for an investment rather than a full-on
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Rod Brooks’ Annual Robotics and Spaceflight Insights Update
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If you want fresh perspectives for what's really happening in robotics and spaceflight, go directly to Rod Brooks' always insightful annual update:
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Projected use of imitation learning in future robot combat leagues
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Bon, je pense qu’en 2026, on va voir apparaître les premières ligues de combat de robots.
— Defend Intelligence (Anis Ayari) (@DFintelligence) 1 janvier 2026
Au début, ils seront télécommandés, puis sûrement avec un mode d’apprentissage basé sur l’imitation learning.
Qui a 5 millions d’euros ? On lance une ligue en France.
Les combats de… pic.twitter.com/XSwJ6KWF1sBon, je pense qu’en 2026, on va voir apparaître les premières ligues de combat de robots. Au début, ils seront télécommandés, puis sûrement avec un mode d’apprentissage basé sur l’imitation learning. Qui a 5 millions d’euros ? On lance une ligue en France. Les combats de
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DexDrummer: Multi-Fingered Robot Hands Dexterous Drumming Task
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Interesting new task for multi-fingered robot hands! : DexDrummer: In-Hand, Contact-Rich, and Long-Horizon Dexterous Robot Drumming – https://
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Latest robotics breakthroughs: autonomous vehicles brain signals integration
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Top stories in robotics today: – Self-driving cars now tap brain signals
– Unitree’s first brick-and-mortar robot store
– New synthetic skin lets robots feel pain
– Robots just got night vision superpowers – Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
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Terminal-Bench Pro: Rigorous Agent Evaluation
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To fix evaluation, they built Terminal-Bench Pro: → 400 tasks across 8 domains
→ Zero contamination risk
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Wayve’s 2025: Global Expansion and Commercial Breakthroughs in Autonomous Driving
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2025 was a defining year for Wayve.
— Alex Kendall (@alexgkendall) 31 décembre 2025
We founded Wayve on the belief that embodied intelligence would unlock autonomy at scale. After eight years of pioneering deep tech research, this year marked a true inflection where Wayve became global and commercial.
Wayve went global 🌍
*… pic.twitter.com/cbCi5M2uoh2025 was a defining year for Wayve. We founded Wayve on the belief that embodied intelligence would unlock autonomy at scale. After eight years of pioneering deep tech research, this year marked a true inflection where Wayve became global and commercial. Wayve went global 🌍 * A year ago we were just driving in central London. In 2025 we drove autonomously in 500+ cities across Europe, Asia, and North America — 43% with zero prior training data, showcasing the generalisation of AV2.0 * Expanded operations across London, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Vancouver, Tel Aviv, and Stuttgart, welcoming exceptional talent and partnering with the world’s leading automotive manufacturers Wayve went commercial 🚗 * Started work with global fleets and automakers to deploy our AI Driver in applications across all levels L1–L5 autonomy * Announced a landmark deal with Nissan, one of the largest global automakers, to bring our AI Driver to their global consumer vehicles from FY2027 * Partnered with Uber to launch robotaxis on their marketplace in cities around the world, starting in London Grateful to our team, investors, and partners for making this possible. Bring on 2026!
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Tesla Customer Demonstrates Autonomous Drive Software in Production Release
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Haha yes. At one point I thought Tesla might do the drive, possibly with a slightly tuned version of the software etc. A customer deciding to do it with their own car and production release of the software is the right way, very happy it turned out this way.
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Tesla FSD V14.2 Completes First Fully Autonomous Coast-to-Coast Drive
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The first 100% autonomous coast-to-coast drive on Tesla FSD V14.2! 2 days 20 hours, 2732 miles, zero interventions. This one is special because the coast-to-coast drive was a major goal for the autopilot team from the start. A lot of hours were spent in marathon clip review
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2025: The autonomous taxi industry moves to business models
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"If anything, 2025 seemed like the year the industry moved from testing its technology to experimenting with its business model." bloomberg.com/news/newslette… [Translated from EN to English]
→ View original post on X — @ryan_browne_, 2025-12-31 10:01 UTC