Good morning 👋 especially to biohackers convinced intermittent breathing is the next big trend. Forget Wim Hof and cold plunges. The simplest way to level up human performance might be spending more time underwater. A Croatian freediver recently held his breath for an astonishing 29 minutes and 3 seconds, shattering the previous world record by nearly 5 mins. Even dolphins, who can hold theirs for up to 20 mins, think he’s just showing off.
⛽ Are orbital gas stations the next big leap in space exploration? Musk and Bezos are racing to build the first orbital refueling stations, where rockets running on ultra-cold liquid fuels could top off tanks midflight. It’s a crucial step for missions heading to Mars and beyond. But some experts argue these “cosmic truck stops” are temporary; true long-distance travel requires nuclear propulsion. It’s nice to see billionaires solving humanity’s greatest problems.
🎯 Meet the AI salesperson who never stops streaming. These TikTok hosts pitch everything from printers to wet wipes around the clock, and they’re so realistic you’d swear they’re human. But watch closely and you’ll catch occasional glitches, freezes, or lip-sync fails. Even crazier, companies report sales boosts of over 30%! People that need sleep may not be built for the nonstop AI hustle.
💰 Nuclear waste could be the next big gold rush. Scientists say they’ve figured out how to recycle radioactive leftovers into fuel for fusion reactors. Right now, fusion experiments rely heavily on tritium, a fuel so rare there’s only about 10kg on the entire planet. If this works, nuclear waste facilities could become luxury energy brands.
💾 What if robots had their own universal OS? Right now, robots rely on scripts and human intervention whenever they get stuck. But FieldAI wants to change that. They’re building a physics-based “robot brain” that makes any robot fully autonomous and instantly adaptable, whether it’s a humanoid, self-driving car, or warehouse bot. Investors are wild about the project, closing $405m in two rounds. One OS to run them all. That definitely doesn’t sound like the start of a robot uprising.
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👀 Scientists built an all-bot social network, and things got weird fast. They wanted to see if social media naturally spirals into polarizing echo chambers, even without people. They tried steering the AI bots towards better behavior, but nothing worked. A handful of outrageous posts still grabbed nearly all the attention, proving that even robots can turn social platforms into a toxic mess.
🧠 Your brain uses less energy than a light bulb. Yet it easily outperforms AI in abstraction, creativity, reasoning, and basic social skills. Today’s leading AI models need as much electricity as an entire city just to match the computing power of your brain. Some scientists argue that the future of AI isn’t building bigger chips, but studying how our monkey brains do so much with so little.
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valuation of Bezos and NVIDIA backed robotics systems startup FieldAI, up from $500 million last year.
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