Episodes

  • Sony's Aibo and the robot revolution that started with a dog

    Sony's Aibo and the robot revolution that started with a dog
    Nov 15 2026
    Sony's Aibo robot dog from the 1990s showed an early vision of robots as companions and coworkers. Meituan releases a massive language model trained without Nvidia chips. And OpenAI's ChatGPT Wallet now lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf.
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    3 mins
  • Tesla opens Cybercab orders with strict conditions

    Tesla opens Cybercab orders with strict conditions
    Nov 14 2026
    Tesla invites select customers to buy its steering-wheel-free Cybercab, OpenAI dissolves its robotics team as general-purpose models take over, and Anthropic releases Claude for Manufacturing to automate factory workflows.
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    3 mins
  • Claude Duet arrives as Anthropic's consumer agent

    Claude Duet arrives as Anthropic's consumer agent
    Nov 13 2026
    Anthropic releases Claude Duet, an AI agent built for everyday users rather than developers. Plus news on local AI models, healthcare deployments, meeting transcription tools, and Google's latest language models.
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    3 mins
  • AlphaGenome 2 reads disease risk at the cellular level

    AlphaGenome 2 reads disease risk at the cellular level
    Nov 12 2026
    Google DeepMind's new genomics AI analyzes genetic variants for individual cell types rather than bulk tissue, spotting twice as many disease-relevant changes. Plus, ElevenLabs releases faster speech recognition, Google debuts Gemini smartglasses, and a new decision model API processes thousands of questions at once.
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    2 mins
  • Google DeepMind proves Signal encryption with AI

    Google DeepMind proves Signal encryption with AI
    Nov 11 2026
    Google DeepMind uses AI to mathematically verify Signal's cryptography. Adobe's new tools let you explore photos as 3D scenes and interview AI characters. Serve Robotics opens its delivery platform to third-party developers, and DeepL tackles sarcasm in real-time translation.
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    3 mins
  • AlphaProof Code verifies Signal encryption at scale

    AlphaProof Code verifies Signal encryption at scale
    Nov 10 2026
    Google DeepMind's new AI system generated three million lines of proofs to verify complex software. Adobe commits to agentic AI for creative work. Anthropic's latest model completes over forty percent of freelance jobs at professional quality.
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    2 mins
  • Robots Learn Precision Through Simulation

    Robots Learn Precision Through Simulation
    Nov 9 2026
    NVIDIA and partners are using simulation to train robots for delicate assembly work. Google expands its chip competition with Nvidia, while specialty chemicals firms integrate AI into product development. Plus investment moves in Korean AI startups and advances in robotic hands for AI systems.
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    3 mins
  • Karpathy's Weekend Platform and the Acceleration of AI

    Karpathy's Weekend Platform and the Acceleration of AI
    Nov 8 2026
    Andrej Karpathy built a video curation platform using Claude over a weekend. World models are teaching robots to navigate the real world. The New York Times adds AI to its cooking app. And AI itself is accelerating the pace of AI research.
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    2 mins