Rivian expands its $5.8 billion joint venture with Volkswagen to license its AI voice assistant technology. The assistant could first appear in VW’s low-cost EV, the ID EVERY1.
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Licensing elements of Rivian’s AI voice assistant to Volkswagen Group under the joint venture.
Potential debut of the AI assistant in Volkswagen’s ID EVERY1 hatchback.
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The Economics of Intelligence paper released – DeepMind research on AGI economics
The Economics of Intelligence is a DeepMind paper that defines economic capability thresholds for AGI and tracks market, employment, and wage changes during transitions. It highlights that coordination improvements may drive visible economic transformation and that wage effects will appear before changes in market structure or employment.
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Takeaway 1: Track agentic coordination more closely to understand transformation paths.
Takeaway 2: AI impact will likely show up in wages before market structure or employment.
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- Original post
- institute.deepmind.com - Linked in the post
Dulo seed round $130m announced and mission stated
Dulo announced a $130m seed round and its mission to build Engineering Superintelligence for hardware design. Co-founders include Sebastian Thrun and the author, with investors such as Benioff, Johndoerr, Eric Schmidt, Yuri Milner and others.
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Funding: $130m seed round.
Co-founders: Sebastian Thrun and the author.
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I3L Iterative Interactive Imitation Learning announced
I3L: Iterative Interactive Imitation Learning for Whole-Body Mobile Manipulation is introduced. A website and arXiv paper are provided.
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I3L stands for Iterative Interactive Imitation Learning for Whole-Body Mobile Manipulation
Website and arXiv paper are available for the method
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- Original post
- i-3l.github.io - Linked in the post
- arxiv.org - Linked in the post
PlanMyVisit Poppy 0.3 adds experiences to AI characters
PlanMyVisit Poppy 0.3 adds experiences to AI characters, enabling digital experiences across all characters. The update includes a suggested change for operation in all AI characters.
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Version: Poppy 0.3
Change allows operating digital experiences in all AI characters
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- Original post
- planmyvisit.to - Linked in the post