Good morning 👋 Ten years ago, The Sun predicted that by 2025 women would be having more sex with robots than with men. While human-robot intimacy hasn’t exactly gone mainstream, AI relationships are getting real. People are marrying holograms, dating chatbots, and genuinely debating if robot intimacy counts as cheating. Better clarify your stance on humanoids now before it gets complicated.
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🩻 MIT has invented X-Ray vision. Only catch? It’s for robots. The tech uses mmWave signals (similar to WiFi) to allow humanoid bots to see through walls with 96% accuracy, turning reflections into detailed 3D images. Soon robots will scan packages and spot problems without ever cracking open a box. How will we hide our secrets now they can see through everything??
🚧 Microsoft delayed its own AI chip, worried it can’t compete with NVIDIA. Instead, they’ll launch a scaled-back version in 2027. The new version is still 30% more efficient than NVIDIA’s upcoming chips. Looks like NVIDIA won’t be losing sleep anytime soon.
🚀 Robots are the new unicorns. Big investors say physical AI will go mainstream within a few years. Humanoid startups are already worth billions, pulling massive rounds from VCs. Pretty soon they’ll be running our homes and learning stuff without being told. We’ll wonder how we ever got things done without them.
😶🌫️ Virtual creators are blowing up on YouTube. Instead of appearing on camera, VTubers use AI-powered avatars to build massive followings – no voiceovers or heavy editing required. Freed from the constant pressure to perform, creators are publishing more consistently and raking in millions. Maybe the secret to staying online is to never show up.
🧬 Human DNA just became the next big coding language. UK scientists launched a project to build a synthetic human genome completely from scratch. It could revolutionize healthcare and dramatically extend our healthspan. Only catch? Scientists still aren’t sure how to keep it from becoming the ultimate biological weapon.
👁️ Can a brain grown in a jar see clearly? Scientists are growing miniature human brains called organoids that can develop their own eyes. They’re studying them to figure out how vision shapes intelligence. AI researchers are paying attention and using these insights to build smarter robots that see more like humans. Let’s hope they like what they see.
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🏃🏻♂️Hiring AI talent is officially an arms race. Meta is dropping tens of millions to poach top AI researchers from OpenAI, triggering Silicon Valley FOMO. Compensation is getting so extreme companies are tempting PhD students to drop out, and startups now face sky-high costs just to compete. OpenAI better hope loyalty beats cash.
♥️ Would you trust an AI robot to ink your next tattoo? A startup called Blackdot just installed tattoo robots in New York City and Austin, promising perfect precision and less pain. Tattoo artists can’t decide if it’s innovation or the end of a human art form. Fingers crossed your AI tattoo artist isn’t prone to hallucinations.
fun stats
13 million
humanoid robots will walk among us by 2035
– 1 billion: Humanoid robot “citizens” predicted by 2050
– 1 in 10: US households will have one
– 33%: US households with $200k+ incomes will have them
[Forbes]
🍿 We’re watching: Humanoid robot blooper reels on Reddit