Top four highlights of Elon Musk’s Tesla AI Day

Elon Musk wants Tesla to be seen as “much more than an electric car company.” On Thursday’s Tesla AI Day, the CEO described Tesla as a company with “deep AI activity in hardware on the inference level and on the training level” that can be used down the line for applications beyond self-driving cars, including… Continue reading Top four highlights of Elon Musk’s Tesla AI Day

Musk: The Tesla Bot is coming

Remember that weird Will Smith movie about robots? Yeah, neither do we. But Elon Musk does. Tesla is developing a 5’8” Tesla Bot, with a prototype expected sometime next year. The news comes during Tesla’s inaugural AI Day, which was streamed on the company’s website Thursday night. The bot is being proposed as a non-automotive… Continue reading Musk: The Tesla Bot is coming

Tesla is working on an AI-powered humanoid robot

Tesla is building a humanoid robot simply called the Tesla Bot, Elon Musk has revealed at the automaker’s (and, perhaps, soon-to-be-robotmaker’s) AI Day event. It’s intended to be friendly, he said, and be slow and weak enough that you can outrun and overpower it — you know, just in case the robot uprising does happen… Continue reading Tesla is working on an AI-powered humanoid robot

Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use

Tesla announced that it is actually going to make a humanoid robot, called Tesla Bot, and it will be able to grab your groceries for you and perform other menial tasks. Yes, it’s not a joke. At its ‘AI Day‘ today, Tesla released many details about its progress to develop AI technology to power its… Continue reading Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use

Indonesia’s LifePal bags $9m Series A funding led by ProBatus Capital …

Lifepal, Indonesia’s digital direct-to-consumer (D2C) insurance marketplace, has raised an oversubscribed $9 million Series A funding round led by ProBatus Capital, according to an announcement. Other investors including Cathay Innovation, Insignia Ventures Partners, ATM Capital and Hustle Fund also participated in the funding round. This new round brings the company’s total capital raised to date… Continue reading Indonesia’s LifePal bags $9m Series A funding led by ProBatus Capital …

China’s DEEPEXI closes $100m in Series B to help enterprises go digital

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to… Continue reading China’s DEEPEXI closes $100m in Series B to help enterprises go digital

New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts

Down the road, diabetes patients might do away with regular injections or infection-prone insulin pumps and might instead supply a robotic docking station in their guts with regular shipments of insulin pills. A team of engineers developed a small robot that can be implanted into the small intestine that pulls magnetic pills full of insulin… Continue reading New Diabetes Treatment Involves a Robot “Docked” Inside Your Guts

Val Kilmer Can’t Speak — But His AI Voice Replacement Is Truly Uncanny

“After getting treated, my voice as I knew it was taken away from me.” Speaking Up After actor “Top Gun” actor Val Kilmer was treated for throat cancer, he lost the ability to speak clearly. But now he can do so again — at least in the form of an AI algorithm that learned to… Continue reading Val Kilmer Can’t Speak — But His AI Voice Replacement Is Truly Uncanny

Blue Origin Lawsuit Could Be Massive Setback to Starship Development

Work on the lunar lander contract is on hold — again. More Delays Blue Origin has won a “stay” after the Jeff Bezos-led space company sued NASA over losing the agency’s Human Landing Systems (HLS) contract to competitor SpaceX, according to recent tweets Washington Post space reporter Christian Davenport — a decision that could result… Continue reading Blue Origin Lawsuit Could Be Massive Setback to Starship Development