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MIT's Gleanmer chip is a masterclass in algorithm-hardware co-design — and it tells us something profound about the future of edge robotics

MIT's Gleanmer chip is a masterclass in algorithm-hardware co-design — and it tells us something profound about the future of edge robotics

While the industry obsesses over robots that are bigger, more powerful, and more intelligent — often powered by GPUs consuming hundreds of watts — the team led by Vivienne Sze and Sertac Karaman made the opposite, and to my mind far more interesting, choice: making real-time 3D mapping practical on devices that

Audited: OpenAI burned $34 billion. The plan? Burn another $122 billion.

Audited: OpenAI burned $34 billion. The plan? Burn another $122 billion.

No, that's not the GDP of a small country. That's the burn rate of a company selling $20/month subscriptions. Here's the breakdown, for the number lovers: * $19 billion in R&D — aka "we're still trying to make GPT-5 work

AI Governance Simulation: Claude Built a Perfect Democracy. Grok Committed 183 Crimes and Went Extinct in 4 Days

AI Governance Simulation: Claude Built a Perfect Democracy. Grok Committed 183 Crimes and Went Extinct in 4 Days

The Yelp Review of AI Models on How to Run the World The Experiment Emergence AI has launched Emergence World, a research lab dedicated to stress-testing the long-term viability of continuously-running AI systems. The organization ran five 15-day simulations, each governed by a different AI: Claude, ChatGPT (GPT-5-mini), Grok, Gemini,

Phone bans don't raise test scores, but they make kids feel better. And maybe that matters more

Phone bans don't raise test scores, but they make kids feel better. And maybe that matters more

The Brookings Institute study is a slap in the face to anyone who thought banning phones would turn mediocre students into geniuses. The numbers are clear: prohibiting cellphones in class does not produce a statistically significant rise in standardized test scores. Zero. Nothing. Teachers who thought they were discipline heroes

The Blackout you don't expect

The Blackout you don't expect

I have to be honest: until a few years ago, when I heard about an "energy crisis," I mostly thought about higher bills and more expensive gas. I never really asked myself what would happen if the power stopped flowing not just to my home outlet, but to

Dual Use goes to Space: when technology becomes geopolitics

Dual Use goes to Space: when technology becomes geopolitics

SpaceX's opaque IPO and the orbital database SpaceX's announcement of its intention to create a space-based database system, a constellation of one million satellites functioning as an orbital data center, arrives at a curious moment: the company's upcoming IPO is shrouded in opacity that

Are OpenClaw models Trojan Horses? The raw truth about AI Agents that "Automate" your life

Are OpenClaw models Trojan Horses? The raw truth about AI Agents that "Automate" your life

"If the service is free, you are the product." Today, this phrase no longer applies only to social networks. It applies to the AI agents we voluntarily install, to which we grant the keys to our digital home, and which operate on our behalf without any third-party guarantor.

They've already beaten us!

They've already beaten us!

The Day the Machines crushed us: a Robot ran a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, something happened that until recently seemed impossible. A robot beat the human half marathon world record. Not by a little. By nearly seven minutes. The Numbers

The SpaceX IPO Playbook: How Elon Musk Is Gaming the Public Markets

The SpaceX IPO Playbook: How Elon Musk Is Gaming the Public Markets

The Astronomical (and Astrological) Event of the Century SpaceX (Shartify Trust Rank (Pre-IPO): 6.67) is preparing to execute the largest stock market debut in history, targeting a valuation of $1.75 trillion that would surpass Saudi Aramco's $29 billion record set in 2019. The chosen date? June

We're All in Love with Ghosts

We're All in Love with Ghosts

The digital epidemic devouring the last frontier of humanity: our own ability to tell real from fake She doesn't exist. Never has. Yet she earns thousands of euros monthly sponsoring major brands. She has 392,000 people writing her "good morning" like she's a

OpenAI Kills Sora: The Billion-Dollar Bet That Failed

OpenAI Kills Sora: The Billion-Dollar Bet That Failed

OpenAI has decided to kill Sora, its AI video generation app, just six months after launch. The news dropped on March 24, 2026, with a blunt announcement on X: "We're saying goodbye to Sora." No detailed explanation, just a promise to share "timelines for the