Meta's humanoid robot plans

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• 🧠 Meta reads your mind: 80% accuracy.

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NBA

🏀 AI and Robots Take Over NBA All-Star Weekend!

The NBA just pulled off a game-changer at the 2025 All-Star Technology Summit—introducing cutting-edge AI and robotics designed to revolutionize the game. From rebounding to strategy, these machines are stepping onto the court in ways never seen before.

The Breakdown:

🏀 A.B.E. (Automated Basketball Engine) – A rebounding and passing robot already assisting Stephen Curry in his shooting drills.

🤖 M.I.M.I.C. – A robotic training unit that simulates offensive and defensive plays, replicating real opponent formations for practice.

🛠️ B.E.B.E. (Bot-Enhanced Basics & Equipment) – Handles tedious tasks like inflating basketballs and organizing gear.

💪 K.I.T. (Kinematic Interface Tool) – A locker-room companion designed to boost player wellness, motivation, and recovery.

Why It Matters:

The NBA is leading the charge in blending AI with athletics. What seems like sci-fi today will soon be the norm. Teams looking for every competitive edge now have AI-driven tools that never tire, never miss, and are only getting smarter. The robots have arrived—are you ready?

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Meta

🔥 Meta Enters the Robotics Race—But With a Twist

Meta’s Humanoid Robotics Play: Building the Brains, Not the Bots

Meta isn’t building its own humanoid robots—but it wants to power the entire industry.

The tech giant is launching a new initiative to develop AI, hardware, and software platforms for humanoid robotics, aiming to be the Android of robots rather than making its own machines.

The details:

• A specialized team within Meta’s Reality Labs, led by ex-Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, will focus on robot hardware, AI systems, and safety standards.

• Meta plans to use its existing AR/VR sensor tech to create a software platform that other robotics companies can build on.

• Talks are underway with robotics firms like Unitree and Figure AI, with early efforts targeting household robots.

• Instead of making its own humanoid bot, Meta wants to be the foundation that powers the robotics industry—just like Android does for smartphones.

Why it matters:

Tech giants are racing into robotics. Apple and OpenAI are reportedly exploring the space, and Meta has the infrastructure to compete. But by focusing on the software backbone instead of building its own robots, Meta could carve out a unique—and potentially dominant—role in the robotics ecosystem.

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• OpenAI released a new version of its 4o model, bringing upgraded performance in creative writing, coding, instruction following, and more.

• Apple is reportedly planning to bring Apple Intelligence features to its Vision Pro headsets in April, including features like Writing Tools, Genmoji, and Image Playground.

• Perplexity just launched its own Deep Research tool, an AI-powered research agent designed to provide in-depth reports in minutes — directly competing with similar (and identically named) offerings from OpenAI and Google.

• Meta has collaborated with international researchers to develop Brain2Qwerty, an innovative AI model capable of reconstructing sentences from brain activity with up to 80% accuracy.

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