What he means by that exactly is anyone’s guess. Will they be helping to build vehicles? Is Optimus being ditched as it wasn’t name-dropped? We might find out next year, though Musk has previously admitted these timelines are mostly guesswork.
It’s not like Tesla has stuck to its Robotaxi reveal dates yet.
An eagle-eyed Threads user spotted the glasses in a photo posted by Mark Zuckerberg in April, with the Meta CEO replying that more details will be shared “later this year.”
That checks out with Zuckerberg recently teasing that Meta was “almost ready” to reveal a prototype. Rumor has it Meta is planning to demo its “Orion” augmented reality smart glasses at Meta Connect in September.
Reuters reports that Nvidia is working on a version of its new “Blackwell” chips for the Chinese market, which would be in line with strict US export controls for AI training chips.
Nvidia will reportedly work with Chinese distributor partner Inspur on launching the so-called “B20” chip, which is pitched to compete against domestic offerings from Huawei and Tencent-backed startup Enflame.
According to The Information, OpenAI is in discussion with Broadcom and other semiconductor designers about developing its own artificial intelligence chip to address shortages in its supply chain and reduce dependency on Nvidia. OpenAI has apparently also hired former Google chip staffers.
Bloomberg previously reported in January that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was planning to raise billions of dollars to set up a network of chip factories.
[The Information]
