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    Humanoid robots are coming. Eventually?

    China sees humanoids as an economic engine and Musk wants a ‘robot army.’

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    Amazon reportedly considering $10 billion investment in OpenAI.

    Details are uncertain but reports suggest talks are definitely underway. It could see OpenAI using Amazon’s Trainium chips and selling an enterprise version of ChatGPT. OpenAI inked a $38 billion AI training deal with AWS last month.

    Amazon happens to be a major investor in OpenAI’s rival Anthropic.

    OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips

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    Google wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scrollGoogle wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scroll
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    Robert Hart
    Opera’s AI browser Neon is now available to everyone.

    It’ll cost $19.90 a month, though. Subscribers get access to top AI models and agents meant to streamline web surfing. When we tried it in October, Neon didn’t live up to the hype, though neither did other AI browsers. They’re cybersecurity nightmares, too.

    Screenshot of The Verge’s Victoria Song on Opera’s Neon browser.
    Neon has three AI agents — Chat, Do, and Make — to help book trips, build websites, and generate videos, as well as a research tool.
    Screenshot: The Verge
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