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May 7, 2024
Tesla Optimus humanoid robot to get more dexterous hands: Elon Musk
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus will soon have hands with 22 Degrees of Freedom, enhancing its dexterity for complex tasks.
May 5, 2024
Elon Musk’s Grok Will Get All Its News From X
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: Elon Musk
“As more information becomes available, the news summary will update to include that information,” Musk told Big Technology. “The goal is simple: to provide maximally accurate and timely information, citing the most significant sources.”
Apr 29, 2024
Elon Musk heads to China as Tesla pushes self-driving technology rollout
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: economics, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has arrived in Beijing on an unannounced trip, where he is expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Mr Li told Mr Musk that Tesla’s development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade cooperation.
“Honoured to meet with Premier Li Qiang. We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days,” Mr Musk posted on social media platform X, as he appeared in a picture with the premier.
Apr 29, 2024
China Shows Off Monkey With Brain Chip Allowing It to Control Robotic Arm
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, government, neuroscience, robotics/AI
A Chinese company says it’s successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey — who can now remotely control a robot arm with the device.
That’s according to state-run news media outfit Xinhua, putting Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink on notice that there will be international as well as domestic competition for his brain-computer interface venture.
The company, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, which is backed by the Chinese government, unveiled its device, the NeuCyber Array BMI (brain-machine interface) System at a technology convention in Beijing on Thursday, according to Reuters.
Apr 26, 2024
In a future with brain-computer interfaces like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, we may need to rethink freedom of thought
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience
In a future with more ‘mind reading,’ thanks to computer-brain interfaces, we may need to rethink freedom of thought.
Apr 26, 2024
XAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal — which would give investors one quarter of the company — is expected to close in the next few weeks unless the terms of the deal change.
The deal terms have changed once already. As of last weekend, Jared Birchall, who heads Musk’s family office, was telling prospective investors that xAI was raising $3 billion at a $15 billion pre-money valuation. Given the number of investors clamoring to get into the deal, those numbers were quickly adjusted.
Says our source, “We all received an email that basically said, ‘It’s now $6B on $18B, and don’t complain because a lot of other people want in.”
Apr 25, 2024
How Tesla’s Full Robotics Push Could Change Your Company Too
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Elon Musk just dropped hints about Tesla’s robotaxi and humanoid robot efforts. If all goes well, both could change your workplace, and how you commute to it.
Apr 24, 2024
Tesla’s Optimus robots to be sold soon? Elon Musk shares major update
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
Humanoid robots have been in development for many years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics. Earlier this year, Microsoft and Nvidia-backed startup Figure said it had signed a partnership with German automaker BMW to deploy humanoid robots in the car maker’s facility in the US.
Elon Musk said before that robot sales could become a larger part of the Tesla business. He said, “I think Tesla is best positioned of any humanoid robot maker to be able to reach volume production with efficient inference on the robot itself.”
Apr 23, 2024
Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: Elon Musk
Meanwhile, Bostrom’s email from the 1990s resurfaced last year and resulted in him issuing a statement repudiating his racist remarks and clarifying his views on subjects such as eugenics. Some of his answers – “Do I support eugenics? No, not as the term is commonly understood” – led to further criticism from fellow academics that he was being evasive.
The university launched an investigation into Bostrom’s conduct following the discovery of his racist email, while other major effective altruism groups distanced themselves from him.
“We unequivocally condemn Nick Bostrom’s recklessly flawed and reprehensible words,” the Centre for Effective Altruism, which was founded by fellow Oxford philosophers and financially backed by Bankman-Fried, said in a statement at the time.