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OpenAI-backed 1X Technologies just unveiled NEO Beta, the most realistic AI-powered robot yet, designed for everyday home assistance.

With the humanoid preparing for commercial use next year, are we on the brink of having robot butlers in our homes? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• 1X’s NEO robot acts just like a human

• Amazon’s Alexa gets a Claude power-up

• How to use Claude’s new ‘Explain‘ feature

• Train AI with your home computer

• 5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

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1X TECHNOLOGIES

🕹️🤖 1X’s NEO robot acts just like a human

The Rundown: 1X Technologies just unveiled the most realistic AI-powered humanoid yet: NEO Beta, an advanced robot designed for everyday home assistance with human-like capabilities in movement, interaction, and task performance.

The details:

• NEO Beta stands 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 66 pounds, and can walk at 2.5 miles per hour and run at 7.5 miles per hour.

• The robot has a carry capacity of 44 pounds and can operate for 2 to 4 hours on a single charge.

• NEO Beta uses embodied artificial intelligence to understand its environment and learn from past interactions.

• It’s designed to perform a wide range of tasks, from household chores to providing companionship and support for individuals with mobility challenges, and it can be remotely operated by a human if necessary.

Why it matters: The race to an affordable robot butler is officially underway and 1X Technologies just boosted itself into the same conversation as China’s AGIBOT fleet and Tesla’s Optimus. NEO is so realistic and smooth that thousands of people on X (Twitter) were debating if it was a person in a suit.

TOGETHER WITH GOOGLE DEEPMIND

🎙️ Learn about AI from Google DeepMind

The Rundown: Google DeepMind’s podcast, hosted by Professor Hannah Fry, offers exclusive insights from leading AI researchers, exploring groundbreaking developments that are shaping our technological future.

In the series, you’ll explore:

• The role of gaming in the development of agentic AI

• How AI can push the boundaries of mathematics, digital biology, and material sciences

• Upcoming innovations from Google, including Project Astra and Gemini

• The critical importance of AI safety and alignment

Watch or listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts - or wherever you get your podcasts.

AMAZON

💰 OpenAI raises at $100B valuation

The Rundown: Amazon’s upcoming “Remarkable” version of Alexa is set for release next month and will reportedly use Anthropic’s Claude AI models rather than Amazon’s in-house technology.

The details:

• Initial versions using Amazon’s in-house AI struggled with slow response times and poor performance.

• Amazon turned to Anthropic’s Claude AI as it outperformed the company’s models, an unusual move for the giant which typically prefers to use its own tech.

• The upgraded Alexa aims to offer more complex conversations, shopping advice, and improved home automation.

• Amazon plans to charge $5 to $10 monthly for the new AI-powered Alexa version, with the “Classic” version remaining free.

Why it matters: This decision highlights the complexity and challenges that even tech giants face in developing advanced AI systems. Google is developing its own AI, but Apple turned to OpenAI and similarly, Amazon is now turning to Anthropic.

AI TRAINING

💡 How to use Claude’s new ‘Explain‘ feature

The Rundown: Claude's newest ‘Explain‘ feature allows users to instantly get an explanation on any highlighted text (or code) within an artifact — enabling a new way to learn and understand complex topics.

Step-by-step:

1. Access Claude AI and start a conversation that generates a code artifact.

2. Click on the artifact to enter the code view.

3. Highlight any portion of the code, then click "Explain" for instant clarification or "Improve" to suggest changes.

4. Check out the chat for the explanation or the Artifact for the updated version.

Pro tip: Try highlighting different parts of components to gain a deeper understanding of how they work!

AI RESEARCH

🌐 Train AI with your home computer

The Rundown: Nous Research recently introduced DisTrO, a new way to train large AI models that drastically reduces the need for super-fast internet connection, potentially allowing training on regular home computers and internet connections.

The details:

• DisTrO cuts down the amount of data that needs to be shared between computers by 857 to 3000x during pre-training, and up to 10,000x during fine-tuning.

• The method is architecture-agnostic and network-agnostic, working with various model types and network setups.

• In tests, DisTrO successfully trained a 1.2B parameter language model with performance on par with traditional methods.

• The researchers suggest this could enable decentralized AI training that could be done from home.

Why it matters: Right now, training state-of-the-art AI models is limited to big tech companies with massive computing resources. DisTrO could democratize AI training by allowing everyday people and smaller organizations to participate in AI development using regular computers and internet connections.

Trending AI Tools

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New AI Job Opportunities

• 📱 Mistral AI - Mobile Engineer

• 👩‍💻 Luma AI - Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

• 🥽 Meta - Research Scientist, Reality Labs

• 🎨 Cohere - Senior Product Designer

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AI around the world

Google partnered with Indian startup Salcit Technologies to develop AI that detects tuberculosis and other diseases from cough sounds.

Amazon hired Covariant AI robotics experts and licensed their foundation models to advance warehouse automation capabilities.

Oprah Winfrey announced a primetime ABC special exploring AI’s societal impact, featuring interviews with tech leaders like Sam Altman and Bill Gates.

Stanford Medicine researchers developed nuclei.io, an AI tool helping pathologists identify diseased cells more quickly and accurately.

Coinbase executed its first AI-to-AI cryptocurrency transaction, demonstrating AI agents’ ability to use digital wallets for autonomous trading.

Tom Hanks warned followers about fraudulent AI-generated ads using his likeness without consent to promote unauthorized products.

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