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(Author also argues in The Washington Post that Tesla's survival depends on Musk's efforts toward Optimus -- the pro-Humanoid side versus the East. Critics cite connectionist and symbolic as insufficient so far. Where do the next breakthroughs appear, e.g. quantum, nano, bio, or is there another implicit or tacit field? Is it knowledge or intelligence at all? Does it also trigger autonomy? Is it less robotic and more bionic? Or what was the makeup of Hermes' caduceus? investors may consider it like "hedge" computing. Incidentally, Grok identifies remaining AI Proxies as behaviorist or evolutionary. Deep Search tosses in agent-based or artificial life as secondaries. And humanoids themselves may form a substrate or swarm like drones. Elsewhere miniature versions of the latter are used in pollination, so does that also apply to factories? Or extreme environment. The Friday memo types might be happy with a dashboard. Who picks the roadmap? When do goals, values, intentions, or agency signal sentience? Or life? If Mars agrees. Was morphogenesis related to AI?)
OpenAI abandons plan to become a for-profit company | The Verge
Massachusetts investigates Robinhood over launch of prediction markets hub
Chris Reinberg on X: "What a great surprise seeing @mindseraAI featured in the @a16z investment thesis for B2C scribes. This function will be 10x better for Mindsera 2.0, launching in August/September. Imo, the new version has the best long-term memory and insights of all the tools out there." / X
Nick Walton on X: "Lol these takes are so funny. There's already billions of revenue from Gen AI only a couple years in, not crypto fake value but places where people are getting real value. I do think there's likely an over investment in companies all trying to train their own models, but the" / X
Mistral, a French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $6.2 Billion
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Scoop: Andreesen Horowitz bags $7.2 billion
US President Biden, Kishida enlist Amazon, Nvidia to fund AI research
Amazon spends $2.75 billion on AI startup Anthropic in its largest venture investment yet
Sam Altman has made $30 million on Reddit's IPO. His companies are doing even better
Saudi Arabia to invest $100bn to create advanced robotics industry
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Global Startup Funding In 2023 Clocks In At Lowest Level In 5 Years
Nvidia emerges as leading investor in AI companies
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Aleph Alpha raises a total investment of more than half a billion US Dollars from a consortium of industry leaders and new investors - ALEPH ALPHA - AI for Enterprises and Governments
Silicon Valley has an AI boom invigorating global investments
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