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  • October 2, 2026
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Insider Brief Figure AI retired most of its Figure 02 humanoid robot fleet by training the robots to jump autonomously into molten steel, a decommissioning stunt inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s suggestion to “melt them.” Figure trained a new AI model in simulation using stunt performers as references, then shipped the robots to a foundry in […]

AI Accelerates Hunt for Room-Temperature Superconductors With First Machine-Learning-Guided Discovery

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  • July 7, 2026
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An international research consortium has demonstrated that machine learning can dramatically accelerate the discovery of superconducting materials, using AI to screen vast numbers of elemental combinations and identify the most promising candidates for detailed quantum analysis. The SuperC consortium, led by Aalto University Professor Päivi Törmä, used the approach to identify two previously unknown superconductors, […]

AI Accountability Reporting Guide

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  • June 29, 2026
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A practical framework to investigate AI systems across data, compute, models, and real-world applications, focusing on power, harm, and accountability. Type: Education Title: GIJN

AI Weekly Issue #500: $1.3 trillion vanished Friday. Bubble, or just profit-taking?

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  • June 28, 2026
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AI and chip stocks shed roughly $1.3 trillion on Friday, the semiconductor sector’s worst day since 2020, after a hot jobs report spiked interest-rate fears and Broadcom’s outlook rattled the chip trade. The sharpest people in finance flatly disagree on what it means: the bubble finally cracking, or profit-taking after a euphoric run. Here is […]