🤖 AGIBOT's Five-Strong Humanoid Army Takes on Tesla

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Here is what we have Today:

• Robot Wars Heat Up — China`s Answer to Elon Musk
  AGIBOT to start deliveries in October

• AI Efficiency Revolution — Small but Mighty
  Microsft`s Phi-3.5-MoE Released

AI Robots

🤖 AGIBOT's Five-Strong Army Takes on Tesla

AGIBOT, a Chinese robotics startup, has unveiled a family of five advanced humanoid robots, directly challenging Tesla's Optimus bot.

What can these robots do?

• The flagship Yuanzheng A2 stands 5'9" and can thread needles

• Models include both wheeled and biped designs

• Robots are designed for tasks from household chores to industrial work

How soon will we see them?

AGIBOT aims to ship 300 units (200 bipedal and 100 wheeled robots) by the end of 2024, with deliveries starting in October.

Who else is in the race?

• Unitree, another Chinese company, showcased its G1 production-ready robot

• Tesla unveiled its Optimus 2 prototype months ago

Why is this significant?

• It intensifies the US-China robotics and AI competition

• Chinese startups are showing rapid technical progress

• Could accelerate humanoid robot development and adoption

What's AGIBOT's edge?

The company claims better commercialization and cost-control abilities than Tesla.

What's next?

As more players enter the humanoid robot market, we may see faster innovation and potentially earlier real-world applications of these advanced machines.

TODAY`s PICK

• Scientist discovered Quantum Technology usage makes it possible to create something from nothing — termed as Maximum Nothingness.

• Aptera Motors showcases prototype of cars that runs on solar power — ranging upto 1000 miles on single charge — equipped with AI powered technology.

• xAI has begun rolling out early beta access for Grok 2, a powerful new AI model that leverages real-time data from X and uses Flux.1 to generate relatively unfiltered AI images

• ETH Zurich and Disney Research scientists have developed an AI system that can generate realistic, physics-based movements for virtual characters and robots from simple text or image inputs.

• OpenAI officially expressed opposition to California’s most controversial AI bill to California state Senator Scott Wiener and Governor Gavin Newsom — arguing that SB 1047, introduced by Wiener in February, would stifle innovation and push talent out of California.

• LambdaTest, launched the KaneAI — an agentic experience to let users to write, execute, debug and evolve automated tests using natural language — for end-to-end software testing and quality assurance. 

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Microsoft

🧠 Microsoft's Phi-3.5-MoE Shakes Up the Field

Microsoft released Phi-3.5-MoE, an AI model that rivals larger competitors while maintaining a compact and efficient design.

How does it work?

• Uses a mixture-of-experts (MoE) approach

• Activates only the most relevant parts for each task

• Saves compute power while maintaining high performance

What can it do?

• Excels at understanding complex instructions

• Handles up to ~125,000 words in a single prompt

• Outperforms popular models like Meta's Llama 3 8B and Google's Gemma 2 9B

How does it compare to other models?

• Beats larger models in several benchmarks

• Falls short against OpenAI's GPT-4o mini

• Available open-source on Hugging Face under MIT license

Why should we care?

• Advances the race for smarter, faster, and smaller AI

• Could lead to advanced AI running directly on mobile devices

• Potential for more private and efficient AI applications

What's next?

• Expect more competition in efficient AI model development

• Possible shift towards on-device AI processing

• Continued focus on balancing performance and size in AI models

This development could reshape our expectations of AI capabilities on personal devices, potentially bringing advanced AI closer to our everyday lives.

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