Our Maia 200 inference chip, announced today, is most performant first party silicon of any hyperscaler. 3x the FP4 performance of the Amazon Trainium v3, and FP8 performance above Google’s TPUv7.
TECHNOLOGY
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Machines of Loving Grace: AI potential when implemented correctly
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It's a companion to Machines of Loving Grace, an essay I wrote over a year ago, which focused on what powerful AI could achieve if we get it right:
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Qwen launches Qwen3-MAX-Thinking model with top benchmarks
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Qwen released Qwen3-MAX-Thinking on APIs and Qwen Chat. The new model scores a high achievement on SWE Bench Verified and HLE benchmarks, competing with leading AI Labs.
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Superintelligence Team First to Use Maia 200 Hardware
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It's a big day. Our Superintelligence team will be the first to use Maia 200 as we develop our frontier AI models. https://t.co/3Vt38ajobR
— Mustafa Suleyman (@mustafasuleyman) 26 janvier 2026It's a big day. Our Superintelligence team will be the first to use Maia 200 as we develop our frontier AI models.
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Robotics Week: Optimus Launch, Driverless Taxis, Swarm Robots
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Top stories in robotics today: – Musk: Optimus to go on sale in 2027
– Union slams Hyundai’s Atlas push
– Tesla’s Austin driverless robotaxis are live
– These swarm robots bloom like flowers – Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
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NVIDIA Earth-2 Open Models Released for Climate AI
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Blink: AI-Powered Web App Builder with Integrated Backend
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Blink
Chat an idea into a hosted app.
• Built-in DB, auth, APIs (edge functions), storage, hosting + custom domains
• Ships production-ready web apps without stitching a stack https://
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Extreme Precision Robotics Achieves Major Breakthrough in Delicate Material Handling
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Para hace sencillo y sin importancia, pero esto muestra un enorme paso en el mundo de la robótica. Precisión extrema aplicada sobre un material delicado que supone una tarea muy compleja. pic.twitter.com/UPahWPuX7w
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 26 janvier 2026Para hace sencillo y sin importancia, pero esto muestra un enorme paso en el mundo de la robótica. Precisión extrema aplicada sobre un material delicado que supone una tarea muy compleja.
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AI Assistants Will Replace Software as Our Digital Butlers
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Les logiciels vont disparaître, remplacés par des assistants intelligents avec qui nous serons en interaction permanente.
— Stephane Mallard (@StephaneMallard) 26 janvier 2026
Ils seront nos experts à tout faire, meilleurs que tous les experts de la planète sur tous les sujets.
Ils deviendront nos majordomes numériques, des copies… pic.twitter.com/HYPowtSES4Software will disappear, replaced by intelligent assistants with whom we will be in constant interaction. They will be our do-it-all experts, better than all the experts on the planet on every subject. They will become our digital butlers, copies of ourselves in the digital
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Search for recent tech breakthroughs for startup ideas
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Prompt 5: "Search academic papers, patents, and technical blogs for breakthrough research in [technology]. Focus on methods published in last 90 days that haven't hit mainstream yet." My secret weapon for spotting tech shifts early. Found 3 startup ideas from this that are now
