July 29 2026 (from Gemini) Dr. Péter Fankhauser – Co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics Four-Legged Form Factor & Harsh Environments : Four-legged "dog-like" robots excel in complex industrial spaces because four legs provide superior balance, dexterity, wide footholds, and stability over slippery floors, stairs, snow, and rain compared to bipedal humanoids. ANYbotics focuses on data collection and routine inspection across critical infrastructure rather than simple human labor replacement. Superhuman Industrial Inspection & ROI : Equipped with thermal cameras, acoustic sensors, microphones, and gas detectors, the robots perceive anomalies invisible to humans, such as micro gas leaks and overheating equipment. The primary financial return comes from eliminating facility downtime, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per hour, justifying high-end onboard GPUs and sensors. Edge Autonomy vs. Cloud Processing : Real-time operations like obstacle avoidance and ima...
July 24 2026 Chinese AI models catching up to US frontier models Kimi K3 seems awesome Moonshot AI seems really good Michael Kratsios alleges distillation Reports that Trump White House might be divided on banning Chinese (or any) open source models Sacks predicted this in E275 - May 2026 Any threat is used to take a shot at open source models Try to enter predicate facts into the public record to justify a push to ban these later on Sacks thinks it would be a tragic mistake for US government to ban open source If Anthropic was sincere about their distillation concerns, then they would push for a ban on Chinese models distilling American models, not to hurt American developers’ access to models Why aren’t they stopping it if its happening at “industrial scale”? Instead of KYCing their customers like Chamath suggested they are asking to ban their competitors Hilarious hypocrisy of these labs - especially Anthropic - when they have already paid fines ...