Top stories in AI today: – Apple plots AI comeback with home robots
– OpenAI brings back 4o after GPT-5 anger
– Run advanced AI models on your computer
– Microsoft goes on the offensive for Meta AI talent
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Apple robots, OpenAI GPT-4o return, local AI models, Microsoft hiring
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NVIDIA Launches Omniverse NuRec and Cosmos for Robotics
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NVIDIA is breaking new ground in robotics and simulation! With the launch of Omniverse NuRec libraries for 3D world reconstruction, Cosmos world foundation models for synthetic data and spatial reasoning, and upgraded RTX PRO Blackwell Servers & DGX Cloud for heavy-duty
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AimBot: Visual Cue for Enhanced Spatial Awareness in Visuomotor Policies
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— AK (@_akhaliq) 14 août 2025
A Simple Auxiliary Visual Cue to Enhance Spatial Awareness of Visuomotor Policies pic.twitter.com/SmCkrzohlFAimBot A Simple Auxiliary Visual Cue to Enhance Spatial Awareness of Visuomotor Policies
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Embodied Intelligence: Bridging Human Machine Hybrid Capabilities
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In the world of humachinekind, hybrid capabilities that leverage the respective strengths of humans and machines hinge on embodied intelligence.
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French Engineer Builds Open-Source Robot with Pollen Robotics
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That's what a French engineer (@jaSimbals) is building for fun (spotted by @RemiFabreRobot) 🤯🤯🤯
— clem 🤗 (@ClementDelangue) 13 août 2025
Things like that are making me excited about the power of open-source and collaboration for robotics that @pollenrobotics & @huggingface can unleash!
Let's build the future!… pic.twitter.com/zYKA8L6fIgThat's what a French engineer (
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Embodied Intelligence Enables Hybrid Human-Machine Capabilities
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In the world of humachinekind, embodied intelligence plays a pivotal role in enabling hybrid capabilities that leverage the respective strengths of humans and machines.
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Exclusive: Inside San Francisco’s Robot Fight Club
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Exclusive: Inside San Francisco's Robot Fight Club, by @ashleevance https://open.substack.com/pub/ashleevance/p/inside-san-franciscos-robot-fight-club-rek-cix-liv?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Tech Progress Cannot Solve Self-Driving Fundamental Challenges
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None of the factors involved are of the kind that change meaningfully with tech progress (self-driving hardware will get cheaper, but that's not a big factor)
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AI Drivers: Assuming Human-Level Performance with New Operational Costs
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Here I'm assuming we'll have AI so good it will be able to do what a human driver can do, with no new downsides. In practice, there will be various new unit costs, including the labor cost of remote monitoring/operation.
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Labor costs represent only 20-40% of ride prices, not 90%
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You seem to assume that labor cost is 90% of the price of a ride. In reality it's 20-40%. Ride price won't drop much (there are also new costs centers that arise). In fact Waymo is currently more expensive than Uber in SF.