Nvidia enlists humanoid robotics’ biggest names for new AI platform, GR00T

March 18, 2024

It’s tough to argue with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang when he notes, “Building foundation models for general humanoid robots is one of the most exciting problems to solve in AI today.” The humanoid form factor is one of the most hotly contested topics in the world of robotics at the moment, raising venture capital by […]

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TechCrunch Space: $paceX

March 18, 2024

Welcome back to TechCrunch Space. This is an uncommonly SpaceX-heavy issue. Apologies (or you’re welcome).

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X users are still complaining about arbitrary shadowbanning

March 18, 2024

Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning — aka restricting the visibility of posts by applying a “temporary” label to accounts that can limit the reach/visibility of content — without providing clarity over why it’s imposed the sanctions. Running a search on X for the phrase “temporary […]

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Why Elon Musk’s AI company ‘open-sourcing’ Grok matters – and why it doesn’t

March 18, 2024

Elon Musk’s xAI released its Grok large language model as “open source” over the weekend. The billionaire clearly hopes to set his company at odds with rival OpenAI, which despite its name is not particularly open. But does releasing the code for something like Grok actually contribute to the AI development community? Yes and no. […]

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