04 Jun 2026
Humanoid robots won’t be the future: purpose-built robots will
Elon Musk said that humanoid robots will push Tesla’s market value to $25 trillion. He also believes that they will reshape labor. No longer will humans need to do dangerous, repetitive, or mundane things. It’s a compelling vision. Yet the reality is likely far more nuanced.
04 Jun 2026
WWDC Will Be Tim Cook's Swan Song. I Expect Something Siri-ous
Before Cook bows out after an undeniably successful tenure at Apple's helm, there's one final thing he'll want to tick off his to-do list.
03 Jun 2026
The AI Race Is Quietly Becoming a Race for Electricity, Not Chips
For the past three years, the artificial intelligence (AI) race has looked fairly straightforward. Companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet have competed to build increasingly powerful large language models. Meanwhile, Nvidia has emerged as one of the biggest winners by supplying the powerful chips that enable those models. But a new reality is emerging. The winners in the next phase of…
03 Jun 2026
China: JAKA Pi targets labs, schools, and offices with compact humanoid
A Shanghai-based robotics company has unveiled a compact humanoid robot that marks the firm’s expansion beyond industrial collaborative robots into the broader field of intelligent robotics. JAKA Robotics’ Pi is a compact humanoid robot that stands 1.22 meters tall and weighs 92 pounds (42 kilograms). According to Jaka, Pi is designed for versatile real-world applications. The platform combines…
02 Jun 2026
"A successful attack could be catastrophic”: Anthropic gives more groups access to Claude Mythos
Anthropic laid down some sobering words on Tuesday. “ A successful attack on their codebase could be catastrophic. For most partners, we estimate that a major attack could affect more than 100 million people, with important ramifications for both global and national security,” reads an announcement from the AI giant. The organization’s warning aligned with news of an expansion of Project…
02 Jun 2026
Anthropic IPO 2026 Guide: Everything You Need to Know and Consider
What is Anthropic? Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including CEO Dario Amodei and President Daniela Amodei.
02 Jun 2026
Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget
A small San Francisco startup known for making well-appointed, beautifully designed webcams is now vying to become the AI hardware company of the moment. Opal Camera is rebranding to Opal Electronics and will expand its product portfolio beyond webcams to a broad range of consumer devices, some of which will be AI-focused.
01 Jun 2026
Anthropic Eyes an IPO as Big Tech's AI Cash Crunch Comes for Wall Street
The artificial intelligence developer Anthropic took a tentative first step Monday toward becoming a publicly traded company, a move that would give it access to a huge pool of investors' money while opening...
01 Jun 2026
A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out
Adrià Voltà I am attempting to solve a mathematical conundrum that has stumped many of humanity’s greatest thinkers. I have zero mathematical training, apart from a distant undergraduate physics degree, which should put my odds of success at slim to none. But I also have a trick up my sleeve – a kind of mathematical genie that can conjure arcane secrets seemingly out of thin air. I make a short…
