Subj : OpenAI's robotics partner ¨, Tesla chargers allow Ford cars ¨, leap year bugs ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Mar 01 2024 11:38:56 --5bF-nSG4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Figure recently struck a new agreement with OpenAI to develop next-genera= tion AI models for its robots.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [= 3]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-03-01 =F0=9F=93= =B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS OPENAI WANTS TO MAKE A WALKING, TALKING= HUMANOID ROBOT SMARTER (9 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Humanoid robots could = be working alongside human manufacturing workers in only a few short year= s. Figure, a prominent company in the humanoid robot space, recently rais= ed $675 million and struck a new agreement with OpenAI to develop next-ge= neration AI models for its robots. The funding, which was reportedly over= $150 million more than the amount Figure had initially sought, will help= scale up the company's AI training, robotic manufacturing, and add on ne= w engineers, speeding up the company's timeline for making its product = available commercially. OpenAI's technology will help improve Figure's ro= bots' semantic understanding, making them more useful in work scenarios. = TESLA STANDS TO EARN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR BY OPENING U.S. CH= ARGING STATIONS TO DRIVERS OF FORD AND OTHER EVS (4 MINUTE READ) [6] = Ford electric vehicles can now recharge at Tesla Superchargers. Tesla= operates about one in three charging stations in the US. The expanded = charging business could bring in an estimated $6 billion to $12 billion a= year to Tesla by 2030. Allowing other automakers to tap into its chargin= g network opens Tesla up to receiving federal funding.=20 =F0=9F=9A= =80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ASTRO MECHANICA HAS INVENTE= D A NEW KIND OF JET ENGINE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Astro Mechanica's n= ew jet engine is efficient at every speed. It uses electric motors to dri= ve a compressor, allowing it to spin at any speed. The jet engine could b= e used in the first stage of an orbital vehicle to get payloads to orbit = dramatically cheaper than other all-rocket systems. A video of a demonstr= ation from last year is available in the thread - Astro Mechanica is alre= ady working on a new engine with 10x the thrust.=20 HIGH-SPEED HUMANO= ID FEELS LIKE A STEP CHANGE IN ROBOTICS (6 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Sanctu= ary AI's Phoenix humanoid robot has robot hands that work totally autonom= ously at near-human speeds. The robot's hands are hydraulically actuated = - while hydraulics technology is expensive to develop, it enables the rob= otic hands to gain a combination of precision, speed, and strength. Sanct= uary AI trained Phoenix by using teleoperation to show it how to do thing= s and then letting it figure out more in simulations. A video showing Pho= enix manipulating objects is available in the article.=20 =F0=9F=92= =BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE IN PRAISE OF NUSHELL (6 = MINUTE READ) [9]=20 Nushell is a non-POSIX shell for working with struc= tured data. It features redefined common shell commands that output struc= tured data. Nushell's commands and pipes allow users to transform data fr= om within the shell. It is able to replace many database query tools.=20 = VERSIONFOX (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20 VersionFox is an extendable cross-= platform tool for managing SDK versions. It allows users to quickly insta= ll and switch between different versions of SDKs using the command line. = VersionFox supports Global, Project, and Session scopes when switching ve= rsions. It has a simple plugin system for adding language support.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS ASK HN: DID YOU ENCOUNTER ANY LEAP Y= EAR BUGS TODAY? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [11]=20 An extra day in the year= can have interesting consequences. This Hacker News thread discusses bug= s that users observed on February 29. Bugs were seen in card payment syst= ems, parcel delivery websites, and daily post bots. China's app for sched= uling marriage certificates apparently has a leap-year bug that prevents = people born on February 29 from making appointments as it marks them as t= oo young to marry legally.=20 CAN WE GET MORE DECENTRALISED THAN THE = FEDIVERSE? (13 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 The fediverse will likely become = as decentralized as email: a bit, but not that much. 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Big Tech & Startups

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OpenAI wants to make a walk= ing, talking humanoid robot smarter (9 minute read)

Humanoid robots could be working alongs= ide human manufacturing workers in only a few short years. Figure, a promin= ent company in the humanoid robot space, recently raised $675 million and s= truck a new agreement with OpenAI to develop next-generation AI models for = its robots. The funding, which was reportedly over $150 million more than t= he amount Figure had initially sought, will help scale up the company's AI = training, robotic manufacturing, and add on new engineers, speeding up the = company's timeline for making its product available commercially. OpenAI's = technology will help improve Figure's robots' semantic understanding, makin= g them more useful in work scenarios.
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Tesla stands to earn billio= ns of dollars a year by opening U.S. charging stations to drivers of Ford a= nd other EVs (4 minute read)

Ford electric vehicles can now recharge= at Tesla Superchargers. Tesla operates about one in three charging station= s in the US. The expanded charging business could bring in an estimated $6 = billion to $12 billion a year to Tesla by 2030. Allowing other automakers t= o tap into its charging network opens Tesla up to receiving federal funding= ..
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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Astro Mechanica has invente= d a new kind of jet engine (3 minute read)

Astro Mechanica's new jet engine is eff= icient at every speed. It uses electric motors to drive a compressor, allow= ing it to spin at any speed. The jet engine could be used in the first stag= e of an orbital vehicle to get payloads to orbit dramatically cheaper than = other all-rocket systems. A video of a demonstration from last year is avai= lable in the thread - Astro Mechanica is already working on a new engine wi= th 10x the thrust.
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High-speed humanoid feels l= ike a step change in robotics (6 minute read)

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix humanoid robot h= as robot hands that work totally autonomously at near-human speeds. The rob= ot's hands are hydraulically actuated - while hydraulics technology is expe= nsive to develop, it enables the robotic hands to gain a combination of pre= cision, speed, and strength. Sanctuary AI trained Phoenix by using teleoper= ation to show it how to do things and then letting it figure out more in si= mulations. A video showing Phoenix manipulating objects is available in the= article.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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In praise of Nushell (6 min= ute read)

Nushell is a non-POSIX shell for workin= g with structured data. It features redefined common shell commands that ou= tput structured data. Nushell's commands and pipes allow users to transform= data from within the shell. It is able to replace many database query tool= s.
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VersionFox (GitHub Repo)

VersionFox is an extendable cross-platf= orm tool for managing SDK versions. It allows users to quickly install and = switch between different versions of SDKs using the command line. VersionFo= x supports Global, Project, and Session scopes when switching versions. It = has a simple plugin system for adding language support.
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Ask HN: Did you encounter a= ny leap year bugs today? (Hacker News Thread)

An extra day in the year can have inter= esting consequences. This Hacker News thread discusses bugs that users obse= rved on February 29. Bugs were seen in card payment systems, parcel deliver= y websites, and daily post bots. China's app for scheduling marriage certif= icates apparently has a leap-year bug that prevents people born on February= 29 from making appointments as it marks them as too young to marry legally= ..
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Can We Get More Decentralis= ed Than The Fediverse? (13 minute read)

The fediverse will likely become as dec= entralized as email: a bit, but not that much. Personal instances will be p= retty rare. This article explains why the fediverse won't be distributed an= d examines ideas for a distributed social system. It may be possible to get= more decentralized than the fediverse using a simple extension on RSS, whi= ch can already incorporate a lot of popular content. Compared to the fedive= rse, RSS has a lower barrier to entry and cleaner separation of concerns an= d responsibilities.
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Quick Links

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Money Bubble (10 minute rea= d)

AI/ML will eventually be able to do som= e useful things, maybe even a lot of useful things, but it likely won't gen= erate the kind of profit explosions required to justify the current bubble.
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Stack Overflow opens API to= Google=E2=80=99s Gemini (3 minute read)

The Overflow API will be previewed at G= oogle's upcoming Cloud Next conference in April and made available within t= he first half of 2024.
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How To Build AWS-Compatible= APIs: AWS Sigv4 (5 minute read)

Implementing AWS Sigv4 as a middleware = allows developers to emulate AWS APIs and AWS-compatible services.
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RocketLab Says its SpaceX C= ompetitor Rocket Will Fly In December (5 minute read)

While RocketLab's executives are optimi= stic about the self-imposed deadline, federal officials think the company w= ill not be ready in time.
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You=E2=80=99ve just inherit= ed a legacy C++ codebase, now what? (26 minute read)

This post shows readers how to get a le= gacy C++ codebase to an acceptable state in terms of security, developer ex= perience, correctness, and performance with the least amount of effort.
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Big Post About Big Context = (9 minute read)

Large context sizes for AI models will = significantly change how people work with them.
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