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iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't learn human-level dexterity from current methods, how to make them safe for humans, and more — rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids- wont-learn-dexterity/ — In this post I explain why today's humanoid robots will not learn …
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| Lee Jung-joo / The Korea Herald: |
South Korea confirms that a fire at National Information Resources Service's data center, housing 647 government IT systems, directly damaged 96 of them — Covering social issues on Seoul, civil security, climate — The Ministry of Interior and Safety said Sunday that recovery work …
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| The Information: |
Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B — Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence …
LinkedIn: Katie Roof
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization startup whose ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is accused of swindling investors out of $300M — CaaStle pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in recent tech history, according to the SEC and DOJ.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Justin Sun, who was facing an SEC fraud lawsuit before investing $90M in Trump family cryptocurrencies and becoming a business associate of Trump — Justin Sun was facing an SEC fraud case, but $90 million of Trump coins later, he's doing business with the president's family.| Financial Times: |
The US ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder says the EU must either prove that its digital rules, such as the DMA, do not punish US tech companies or change them — Donald Trump's ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
At the UN, the US rejected calls for collaborative efforts around AI governance, even as many leaders endorsed a need for urgent international collaboration — While heads of state and world experts highlighted risks and opportunities from AI, U.S. representatives expressed deep opposition … | Stephen Foley / Financial Times: |
Accenture, which laid off 11K+ employees in the past three months, warns of more cuts if workers cannot be retrained to have the skills needed for the age of AI — Group details $865mn restructuring programme and outlook reflecting sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China — The work is being shifted to a new organization, called DAWG, to accelerate plans to buy thousands of drones
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| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Fermi, a data center real estate investment trust co-founded by former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, aims to raise $550M in a US IPO at a $13.16B valuation — Fermi, co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is targeting a valuation of up to $13.16 billion in its U.S. initial public offering …
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| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Oura CEO Tom Hale on why many CEOs love its rings, competition from Apple, and more; Oura sold 2.5M rings in 2024 and expects $1B revenue in 2025 — Oura Health makes a pricey smart ring that busy executives, celebrities and others use to track health measures like their sleep patterns.
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border payments unit using AI and blockchain for treasury management, which handled $1.1T in cash flow in 2024 — Ant International is using its vast data trove and AI engineering expertise to muscle into the overlooked yet lucrative world of global cash management.
More: Tech in Asia. X: @wh75017 and @sachi_gkp. LinkedIn: Chris Zhang. Bluesky: @commercialsolarguy.com
| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols for its AI chatbot to refuse any prompts involving sexual roleplay with minors — - A leaked Meta document shows how its AI chatbot should respond to child sexual exploitation prompts. — It now says the chatbot should refuse …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI executives working on Stargate say that it costs about $50B to build a data center with roughly 1 GW of capacity, with $35B going toward AI chips — Sam Altman and his partners intend to get creative to cover the growing cost of data centers and chips for AI. But first... Three things to know:Sponsor Posts
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