Mike Diverde – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 06 May 2025 14:08:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 UPS Explores Humanoid Robots As Figure AI Secures $675M From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, And Intel, Targeting $9B Revenue By 2029 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/ups-explores-humanoid-robots-as-figure-ai-secures-675m-from-jeff-bezos-openai-and-intel-targeting-9b-revenue-by-2029 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/ups-explores-humanoid-robots-as-figure-ai-secures-675m-from-jeff-bezos-openai-and-intel-targeting-9b-revenue-by-2029#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 14:08:49 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/ups-explores-humanoid-robots-as-figure-ai-secures-675m-from-jeff-bezos-openai-and-intel-targeting-9b-revenue-by-2029

Figure AI, the robotics company aiming to build the first commercially viable humanoid worker, recently announced it secured a staggering $675 million in funding from some of the biggest names in tech and venture capital, including Jeff Bezos, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), OpenAI, and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). Now valued at $2.6 billion, the San Jose, California-based startup is in talks with United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) to integrate its humanoid robots into the global shipping g

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Real time satellite tracking for: COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/real-time-satellite-tracking-for-cosmos-482-descent-craft https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/real-time-satellite-tracking-for-cosmos-482-descent-craft#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 14:08:36 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/real-time-satellite-tracking-for-cosmos-482-descent-craft

Track satellite(s) COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT and see where are they located now. Check when there will be the next pass over your location

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First Look at Berkeley Humanoid Lite, an Open-Source, 3D-Printable Humanoid Robot https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/first-look-at-berkeley-humanoid-lite-an-open-source-3d-printable-humanoid-robot https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/first-look-at-berkeley-humanoid-lite-an-open-source-3d-printable-humanoid-robot#comments Mon, 05 May 2025 18:29:37 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/first-look-at-berkeley-humanoid-lite-an-open-source-3d-printable-humanoid-robot

Berkeley Humanoid Lite is an open-source, budget-friendly humanoid robot created by UC Berkeley researchers to make robotics research easier for everyone. It’s a customizable, 3D-printed robot designed for researchers, teachers, and hobbyists. Unlike expensive, closed-source commercial robots (often over $100,000), it costs less than $5,000 by using common parts and desktop 3D printers. The robot’s motors and body use 3D-printed cycloidal gearboxes, keeping costs low while staying sturdy. You can buy all parts from online stores, and the design works with a 3D printer that has at least a 200 × 200 × 200 mm build space. It’s 80 cm

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The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/the-first-driverless-semis-have-started-running-regular-longhaul-routes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/the-first-driverless-semis-have-started-running-regular-longhaul-routes#comments Fri, 02 May 2025 23:12:50 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/the-first-driverless-semis-have-started-running-regular-longhaul-routes

Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.

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State lawmakers launch group to spur ‘guaranteed income’ cash to residents https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/state-lawmakers-launch-group-to-spur-guaranteed-income-cash-to-residents https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/state-lawmakers-launch-group-to-spur-guaranteed-income-cash-to-residents#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 18:21:21 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/state-lawmakers-launch-group-to-spur-guaranteed-income-cash-to-residents

More than 20 Democratic lawmakers from 17 states are launching a group to advocate for basic income programs.

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After 53 Years, a Failed Soviet Venus Spacecraft Is Crashing Back to Earth https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/after-53-years-a-failed-soviet-venus-spacecraft-is-crashing-back-to-earth https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/after-53-years-a-failed-soviet-venus-spacecraft-is-crashing-back-to-earth#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:14:55 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/after-53-years-a-failed-soviet-venus-spacecraft-is-crashing-back-to-earth

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth’s orbit for decades, and now it’s slated for an uncontrolled reentry.

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As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, courses face shake-up https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/as-chatgpt-scores-b-in-engineering-courses-face-shake-up https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/as-chatgpt-scores-b-in-engineering-courses-face-shake-up#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:06:40 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/as-chatgpt-scores-b-in-engineering-courses-face-shake-up

Now that AI is invading classrooms and homework assignment, students need to learn reasoning more than ever

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Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/exclusive-anthropic-warns-fully-ai-employees-are-a-year-away https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/exclusive-anthropic-warns-fully-ai-employees-are-a-year-away#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:14:06 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/exclusive-anthropic-warns-fully-ai-employees-are-a-year-away

Managing those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies.

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Google just fired the first shot of the next battle in the AI war https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/google-just-fired-the-first-shot-of-the-next-battle-in-the-ai-war https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/google-just-fired-the-first-shot-of-the-next-battle-in-the-ai-war#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:18:19 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/google-just-fired-the-first-shot-of-the-next-battle-in-the-ai-war

A new research paper proposes that AI models and agents go out into the world and generate their own data. You can read it as a dis of OpenAI.

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China’s humanoid robot sector enters mass production in 2025 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/chinas-humanoid-robot-sector-enters-mass-production-in-2025 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/chinas-humanoid-robot-sector-enters-mass-production-in-2025#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:03:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/chinas-humanoid-robot-sector-enters-mass-production-in-2025

Six humanoid robot makers plan to produce more than 1,000 units in 2025, driving the value of domestic output to US$616 million this year.

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