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🤖 Tesla shows off Optimus running but the wow factor isn’t new Elon Musk says the latest Optimus prototype has learned to run, sharing a demo that quickly spread across X and tech media. 🔸 The gait is smoother and more balanced than earlier generations, with less wobble and noticeably better foot placement, a meaningful upgrade for Tesla’s humanoid program. 🔸 Still, the milestone isn’t unprecedented: Boston Dynamics demonstrated a running routine plus a cartwheel nearly a year ago with its next-gen Atlas platform. 🔸 The comparison highlights how fast the humanoid race is accelerating, as companies converge on dynamic locomotion rather than pre-scripted motion. In robotics, the gap is no longer about whether a machine can run it’s about who can turn agility into real-world, commercial work.

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🎄 Google drops a developer advent calendar for agents Google quietly launched a festive gift for developers: an agent development advent calendar. 🔸 Every day until December 25th, a new tutorial or hack appears, mostly focused on building agents using Google tools. 🔸 The first card, already released, shows how to create an agent based on Gemini using just a few lines of YAML. This is a fun, hands-on way for developers to explore agent programming while counting down to Christmas.

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🔥 CZ vs Peter Schiff The showdown happens today at Binance Blockchain Week. 💸 CZ will push the case for Bitcoin as digital gold with instant settlement, global liquidity and full transparency. 🔔 Peter Schiff will argue that only physical gold holds real value and that tokenized versions do not fix what he sees as the flaws of crypto. Who you got winning the debate? 👍 for CZ 👎 for Schiff.

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#ETH Today is the second major Ethereum upgrade — Fusaka… It’s not as groundbreaking as Pectra, but it’s focused on scalability. L2s will get a nice boost and become even cheaper. The previous Ethereum rally started literally the day after Pectra. Ethereum: Ethereum’s second major upgrade this year. → Feature highlight: PeerDAS - Unlocking up to 8x data throughput. For rollups, this means cheaper blob fees and more space to grow.

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Peter Thiel’s 7 questions every founder must answer:

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🧠 Quick mental health guide for entrepreneurs 🔸 Don’t compare yourself to others: constant comparison can hurt self-esteem. 🔸 Take regular breaks: step away from work now and then to recharge. 🔸 Have a non-work hobby or outlet: hobbies like cooking, painting, hiking help decompress. 🔸 Stay connected with friends, family or peers: social interaction helps avoid isolation. 🔸 Recognize that you’re more than your startup: keep perspective beyond work and use tools like gratitude journaling. 🔸 Talk about your feelings don’t bottle them in: seek help when needed, including from mental-health professionals if things feel heavy. Taking care of your mental well-being isn’t optional, it’s essential for any long-term success as a founder.

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Curiosity creates. Constant talking prevents it. The discipline is in choosing silence long enough for new ideas to surface.

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🗣️Jony Ive on why curiosity is the foundation of creativity Jony Ive says that openness and curiosity aren’t just traits, they’re the core of how he works today. “Being truly open, inquisitive, and curious has become the very basis for all that I do… Having a genuine relish for being surprised and for learning is fundamental to creating.” 🔸 But he notes that in traditional education or large work environments, curiosity isn’t automatic, it requires intention. In big groups, people gravitate toward the measurable and the known, because it feels safer and more socially acceptable. 🔸 The problem: focusing on being right kills the impulse to explore. Curiosity matters more than correctness, it’s what leads to new ideas. 🔸 Ive says the joy of learning helps quiet the fear of trying something completely new. But that only works if you actually listen: “Great ideas can come from the quietest voice… and I worry how many ideas I’ve missed because I wasn’t listening.”

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🔒 Microsoft quietly ships a powerful AI bot, now your PC can automate itself in just a couple of clicks Microsoft has introduced a new AI assistant designed to handle real tasks on your computer, not just chat or answer questions. 🔸 It can analyze files on your device, making sense of documents, spreadsheets, or project folders without manual digging. 🔸 It searches for cheaper products and services online, comparing options and offering the best deals automatically. 🔸 It assists with job hunting, from scanning listings to helping you tailor applications and keep track of submissions. 🔸 It can book hotels and manage travel tasks, handling the boring logistics you’d normally do yourself. 🔸 It acts as a general research agent, pulling up information, cross-checking sources, and summarizing results. Microsoft’s new bot pushes the PC toward a real “autopilot mode” where your computer doesn’t just respond, it works for you.

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Microsoft’s new bot pushes the PC toward a real “autopilot mode” where your computer doesn’t just respond, it works for you.

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🦃 Google drops app.new on Thanksgiving, a vibecoding tool for instant web app creation Google used the holiday to unveil app.new, a simple prompt-based builder that generates, prototypes, and deploys full web applications on demand. 🔸 You type what you want, the agent spins up a working app in seconds, handling UI, logic, and deployment automatically. It’s essentially Gemini wrapped in a playful, “just build it” interface. 🔸 Functionally, it’s another AI-powered layer on top of Gemini, but positioned as a lightweight creation tool rather than a full developer suite. 🔸 The best part is the easter egg in the name: Google already has docs.new, sheets.new, slides.new, meet.new, quick links that open a fresh file. Now app.new feels like the next chapter in that lineage: a shortcut that instantly “opens” a brand-new application. 🔸 It’s more vibe-driven than enterprise-grade, but it hints at Google’s broader strategy, turning Gemini into the default engine behind instant software creation.

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📝 AI detector claims the US Declaration of Independence was “almost entirely AI‑generated” In a quirky test, the full text of the 1776 US Declaration of Independence was run through a popular AI‑detection tool and the results were shocking: 99.99% probability that it was generated by AI. 🔸 The test was performed purely to evaluate the detector’s accuracy on historical text. 🔸 Tool is widely used by teachers and universities to check student work for AI involvement. 🔸 The “false positive” highlights a major limitation: AI detectors can misclassify human-written or historically formal text as machine-generated. 🔸 Serves as a reminder that AI-detection tools are far from perfect and should be used cautiously, especially with older, formal, or highly structured writing. Even the most famous documents in history could “fail” AI detection proving that context, style, and era matter more than the algorithm thinks.

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🔒 Hackers stole data about OpenAI API users OpenAI announced that in early November, the analytics service Mixpanel, which it uses for product insights was compromised, leading to a leak of API user data. 🔸 Exposed information includes: • Name linked to the API account • Email address associated with the API account • Approximate location based on browser data (city, region, country) • Operating system and browser used to access the API • Referring websites • Organization or user identifiers tied to the API account 🔸 OpenAI said the incident affected Mixpanel data only; no API keys, passwords, or payment information were leaked. This incident is a reminder that even data analytics tools can be weak points, users and organizations should monitor accounts and update security practices accordingly.

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🎙️ OpenAI rolls out a redesigned Voice Mode, now built directly into the chat OpenAI has updated Voice Mode so it no longer opens in a separate fullscreen window, it now lives right inside the chat interface. 🔸 You can speak while still seeing your full message history, attachments, and the model’s responses as they appear. 🔸 The flow is faster and more natural: voice input + chat context in one place. 🔸 Prefer the old layout? You can switch it back in Settings → Voice Mode → Separate mode. 🔸 The update is already rolling out, just update the app. A small UX change, but one that makes voice interactions feel like a seamless extension of the chat, not a separate feature.

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🚐 Uber and WeRide launch fully driverless robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, a first for the Middle East Uber and WeRide have officially switched on Level 4 fully driverless rides in Abu Dhabi, marking the region’s first commercial robotaxi deployment with no safety driver onboard. 🔸 The service runs on Yas Island, where some UberX and Uber Comfort requests may be matched with a WeRide autonomous vehicle. 🔸 WeRide provides the full self-driving stack, while Uber handles fleet operations like cleaning, charging, and maintenance. 🔸 This launch is supported by a UAE-issued public-road permit, making it one of the few fully driverless ridehail services outside the US and China. 🔸 Uber and WeRide say this is only the beginning, with plans to expand robotaxi services to additional global cities over the next five years. A major milestone signaling Uber’s shift from experimenting with autonomy to actually deploying it at scale.

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🖼 FLUX 2 launches, a cheaper rival to Nano Banana with 4K image generation Black Forest Labs has released FLUX 2, a new image-generation model positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Nano Banana while still delivering high-end output. 🔸 Supports 4K-resolution image generation 🔸 Can complete sketches and refine partially drawn concepts 🔸 Accepts up to 10 reference images for style and content control 🔸 Available to try here: https://playground.bfl.ai/image/generate 🔸 Open-weights version is live on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/collections/black-forest-labs/flux2 A strong new entrant in the race for fast, affordable, high-fidelity image models.

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👩‍🎨 Google introduces PASTA - an AI agent for iterative image generation Google Research has unveiled PASTA, a Preference Adaptive and Sequential Text-to-image Agent that interacts with users step by step, refining visuals through dialogue instead of raw prompt tweaking. Unlike traditional models, PASTA learns from user sessions rather than isolated “prompt–image” pairs. It studies how prompts evolve and which images people ultimately choose - effectively learning from the creative process itself. 🔸 The team released the dataset of these real user sessions in open source. 🔸 Two auxiliary models were trained: one predicts user satisfaction with generated images, the other estimates which image the user would select. 🔸 Using these simulators, researchers produced 30K additional synthetic sessions to train the main agent. 🔸 Training used Implicit Q-Learning (IQL), with the goal of maximizing total user satisfaction over multiple iterations.

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⚙️ Stapply: Your AI job agent A new AI tool called Stapply promises to make job hunting effortless by acting as a personal AI recruiter, finding, ranking, and even applying to roles for you. 🔸 Indexes all existing vacancies for your search across multiple sources in real time. 🔸 Ranks results based on your preferences and career goals. 🔸 Automatically fills out application forms and attaches your resume. 🔸 Sends the applications directly, eliminating tedious manual steps. 🔸 Works as a personal assistant that adapts to your job-hunting style. By taking over both the search and application process, Stapply could turn the often frustrating task of job hunting into a seamless, AI-powered matchmaking experience.

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🔍 Wikipedia’s knowledge engine, rebuilt for AI Wikimedia Deutschland, Jina.AI, and DataStax unveiled the Wikidata Embedding Project, a revamped interface to make Wikipedia’s 120 million+ entries AI-ready. The goal is to let LLMs query not just keywords, but meaning, relationships, and context. 🔸 Converts Wikidata into vector embeddings, enabling semantic search rather than just keyword or SPARQL queries 🔸 Supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) so AI systems can plug in Wikipedia as a live knowledge source 🔸 Queries return richer context, e.g. “scientist” yields related fields, translations, images, linked concepts 🔸 Openly hosted (on Toolforge) and free for developers to use 🔸 Designed to help retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems ground answers in verified knowledge With this, Wikipedia moves from passive data pile to active real-time feed for AI. The irony: the world’s largest crowdsourced encyclopedia is becoming one of AI’s most reliable knowledge backbones.

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🛠 Thinking machines launches Tinker for AI fine-tuning Thinking Machines, founded by OpenAI veterans including Mira Murati and John Schulman, has unveiled its first product: Tinker, a platform that makes it simple to fine-tune large AI models without heavyweight infrastructure. The startup is already valued at $12B after a $2B seed round. 🔸 Provides API-based fine-tuning for models like Llama and Qwen. 🔸 Automates GPU cluster setup, training stability, and deployment. 🔸 Lets researchers export customized models for their own use. 🔸 Free in beta, with plans for future monetization. 🔸 Aims to democratize access to tuning tools once limited to big tech labs. 🔸 Raises both excitement and safety concerns over broader model manipulation. Tinker is positioning Thinking Machines as a key infrastructure player in the AI stack, where the competitive edge may come not from training bigger models, but from adapting existing ones

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🤖 1X: humanoid robots hit $10B valuation Norwegian startup 1X is raising at a $10B valuation, up 12x from $820M earlier this year. Backers include OpenAI, EQT, and Tiger Global. 🔸 Flagship Neo Gamma robot can vacuum, water plants, and handle chores. 🔸 Safety-first design ensures it won’t injure anyone if it falls. 🔸 Relocated from Norway to Silicon Valley to scale faster. 🔸 Plans to sell “hundreds or thousands” of robots by year-end. 1X is betting big that household robots are ready to go mainstream.

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💻 LoadOuts: the smart PC build generator A new tool called LoadOuts helps anyone design the perfect PC setup with zero guesswork. 🔸 Builds a full PC based on your budget and preferences. 🔸 Checks all component compatibility automatically. 🔸 Suggests cheaper or premium alternatives with side-by-side stats. 🔸 Even advises on fan placement inside your case. 🔸 Completely free to use. From casual gamers to pro creators, LoadOuts turns PC building into a plug-and-play experience.

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✅ 200 leaders call for global AI “red lines” At the UN General Assembly, a coalition of 10 Nobel laureates, 70 companies, and ex-heads of state including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and OpenAI’s Wojciech Zaremba, signed a demand for legally binding global limits on AI. 🔸 Seeks international “red lines” to prevent risks like mass unemployment, synthetic pandemics, and human rights abuses. 🔸 Proposed bans include weaponization, mass-scale cyberattacks, and self-replicating AI without human oversight. 🔸 Calls for a global watchdog body and an agreement on rules by end of 2026. This marks the broadest push yet for binding AI governance, but without a clear rulebook, the hard part will be turning consensus into enforceable law.

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🎥 Kling AI 2.5 Turbo released Chinese startup Kling has launched a new version of its video generation model with big improvements in reasoning and efficiency. 🔸 Handles complex instructions more accurately for better storytelling. 🔸 Upgraded video quality with new creative styles added. 🔸 Generation costs reduced by 30% vs. the previous version. 🔸 Available now on Fal, Freepik, and the Kling website. By cutting costs while boosting quality, Kling is pushing AI video closer to mass adoption.

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⚠️ 1,000 DIY guides for building AI agents An AI enthusiast has compiled a massive library of 1,000 step-by-step blueprints for creating neural assistants across almost any domain. 🔸 Covers coding, writing, data analysis, medicine, education, research, and more. 🔸 Each agent comes with detailed instructions on setup and launch. 🔸 The entire collection is available for free. From hobby projects to professional workflows, this looks like the ultimate sandbox for anyone experimenting with AI agents.

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😮 Meizu & Pandaer unveil a “self-healing” phone case Yes, Meizu still exists, and together with Pandaer, it just launched a regenerating case that repairs scratches on its own. 🔸 Made of PET plastic with a Healing+ coating that melts slightly under phone heat to close scratches. 🔸 Claimed to survive even copper-brush pressure tests, though that sounds like marketing overreach. 🔸 Priced at ~120 yuan ($16), available for Meizu 22 and iPhone 17 models (except Air), with multiple designs. 🔸 Raises the ironic problem: how do you sell new cases if the old ones never wear out? From chasing Apple in phones to selling sci-fi accessories, Meizu’s reinvention is as strange as it is creative.

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🎬 Matthew McConaughey wants a “private LLM” In an interview, McConaughey mused: “I want an LLM with just my favorite books, notes, and articles. It would answer only from that, and learn more about me as we talk.” The clip went viral on X, racking up millions of views and sparking a split debate: 🔸 NotebookLM fans: “This already exists.” 🔸 Dreamers: “Finally, someone voiced the idea I’ve been waiting for.” 🔸 Skeptics: “Impossible. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Technically, the skeptics are right. The “L” in LLM stands for Large, and no stack of personal notes or books is big enough to train one. For now, the only “private LLM” with just your thoughts is… your brain. Even for the king of beasts, behaving royally isn’t enough, you still need a larg e language mode l.

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⚠️ xAI’s biggest division now run by a 19-year-old Remember when Musk axed 500 annotators at xAI overnight? Turns out the drama didn’t stop there. 🔸 Another 100 were cut, leaving 900 employees, still the startup’s largest team, and crucial for training Grok. 🔸 The new boss? Diego Pazini, a 19-year-old who just finished high school in 2023 and is now at UPenn. 🔸 He’s been at xAI for less than a year, replacing a Tesla veteran with a decade of leadership experience. 🔸 Diego already wields hiring and firing power, and reportedly let go of two employees who questioned him in Slack. From freshman to division head in under a year. Who said juniors don’t get opportunities?

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🔮 OpenAI eyes its first hardware OpenAI is working with suppliers to build AI-powered devices, aiming to bring its models into everyday life. 🔸 Prototypes include smart glasses, a voice recorder, a “pin,” and a smart speaker. 🔸 The company has already approached Chinese manufacturer Goertek for components. 🔸 First product could arrive in late 2026 or early 2027. From apps to actual gadgets: OpenAI wants to move AI from the cloud to your pocket.

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🎮 Learn algorithms through video games A new interactive service makes algorithm learning visual and fun, using examples from video games to explain concepts step by step. 🔸 Clear guides with game-inspired examples for sorting, pathfinding, and more. 🔸 Adjustable parameters let you tweak inputs and instantly see different outcomes. 🔸 Designed for quick learning, no heavy math background required. A playful way to master algorithms: change the rules, watch the game adapt, and learn by doing.

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👓 Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses freeze mid-demo Mark Zuckerberg’s live demo of Meta’s new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses hit a snag when the device froze during an incoming call. After several failed attempts, Zuck admitted: “I don’t know what to tell you.” 🔸 Glasses failed to respond during the flagship call feature. 🔸 Multiple retries on stage, no recovery. 🔸 Awkward silence left the demo unfinished. A sharp reminder that live demos carry one guarantee: tech will break when the world is watching.

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🎥 Luma AI unveils Ray3 for smarter video generation Luma AI has released Ray3, a next-gen model that reasons through stories, respects physics, and keeps scene details consistent, while being the first to generate video in 16-bit HDR. 🔸 Generates from text prompts, images, or video inputs. 🔸 Ensures coherent narratives with stable objects and lighting. 🔸 Available across all plans, with quality caps on the free tier. A step toward AI video that doesn’t just create clips, but tells stories.

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