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Artificial Intelligence

Kosmos the AI scientist can do 6 months of work in one day

Edison Scientific announces that their latest AI scientist is named Kosmos (previously Robin) is able to leverage structured world models to maintain context and understanding over larger data sets than ever before. (Edison Scientific)

Google’s Nano Banana 2 leaked and the capabilities are next level

For a few hours an uncensored version of Nano Banana 2 was available and while only a few users got access the images they made were incredibly realistic. (Instagram)

Kalshi and Polymarket integrates prediction market data directly into Google

As prediction markets enter the mainstream Google has made moves to make it easier to find the live odds on major events on their platform. (Yahoo Finance)

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan talk about how virtual cells will change science

The idea is to develop virtual, AI-based cell models to understand how they work in the human body, study inflammation and use AI to “harness the immune system” for disease detection, prevention and treatment. (Fortune)

Higgsfield released the most advanced AI character swap model

It perfectly swaps everything from expressions, motions, voices from Mr. Beast to iShowSpeed and political leaders. The age of AI misinformation is here. (Instagram)

Former Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring to use AI discretely

The smart ring comes from a startup Sandbar and it takes voice notes, controls music and has a touch pad to interact with the Stream app. (TechCrunch)

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Spatial Computing

Snapchat owner partners with Perplexity to integrate AI x AR features

The partnership signals continued momentum towards a consumer release of their Spectacles glasses to rival products coming from Meta, Google and Samsung. (Auganix)

Robotics

Figure humanoid robots perform alongside deadmau5 at Red Rocks concert

In the video posted by Figure CEO Brett Adcock there are multiple humanoid robots on stage pretending to be DJs while deadmau5 entertain biological humans. (LinkedIn)

China’s Xpeng second generation IRON humanoid robot walks too much like us

The latest version of their robot has a natural gait walking just like us. Modeled on a human spine and muscles combined with AI chips give it human-like awareness and mobility. (Interesting Engineering)

Apple entering the humanoid robotics industry?

According to The Humanoid Hub, Morgan Stanley is predicting that Apple will be making over $130 billion a year on humanoid robots by 2040. (X)

Space

Inversion unveils Arc, a new spacecraft capable of worldwide delivery from orbit

The company is preparing for its first orbital flight next year. Imagine checking the status of your delivery and it says “preparing to enter the atmosphere”. (Payload - Video)

Gaming

GTA 6 is delayed yet again, this time from May to November of 2026

This game better be the best video game ever to grace a gamer’s collection. The continued delays and extremely high budget will mean this is either going to revolutionize gaming or be the biggest flop in history. (IGN)

Everything else

Fortnite is the closest thing we have to a metaverse so far

With their latest update Fortnite turned their map into an episode of the Simpsons. Ned Flanders NPC went rogue. After adding Homer and the rest of the cast they continue to stockpile some of the most popular IP franchises into their game and are the closest thing we have to the Ready Player One vision of the metaverse.

Amazon partners with Ripple to integrate their payment technology into AWS

The partnership validates Ripple’s technology with the goal of streamlining international transactions making them faster and more cost effective. (Phemex)

Japan reveals $130 billion plan to spread their anime and games worldwide

Following the immense success of the Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man movies Japan is riding the wave and capitalizing on the opportunity to grow their entertainment market. We can’t complain as we saw both movies and they were incredible. (Dexerto)

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon’s $1 Trillion pay package

Over 75% of voters were in favor of the payout based on ambitious milestones like Tesla’s market valuation reaching $8.5 trillion, delivering 20 million vehicles in addition to operational and profitability goals. (CNBC)

Our vision

This past week we had major updates across a wide variety of industries. Spatial computing doesn’t seem to have major updates besides the usual discussion around Apple vs Meta vs the up and coming Samsung/Google tandem. There are plenty of smaller companies bringing smart glasses to the market but I doubt they’ll get the market penetration that the big brands will once they make a hit device with a killer app ecosystem.

The Zuckerberg investigation into virtual cells in addition to Kosmos and all the other AI assisted medical breakthroughs that are going on are a testament to AI’s staying power and importance across verticals. In the past other technologies have come and gone to be replaced by something better. AI is an entire new category, intelligence on demand. The only thing replacing it is a better version. With how quickly it’s advancing after seeing the leaks of Nano Banana 2 it would be a good idea to start dabbling with these creative tools where at a click of a button you can bring an idea to life.

Brief detour - Robots playing Red Rocks with Deadmau5 wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card. GTA is delayed again. This game better be amazing after all this time and hype. Also Elon could be paid $1 trillion? That’s an astronomically high number but if he hits the criteria they set for him maybe he deserves it? Imagine what he’s invest that money in as his next venture.

Lastly let’s touch on Fortnite and Japan. Two things near and dear to our hearts. Both are in the entertainment/gaming space. Fortnite on one hand is the closest thing we’ve ever had to a modern day metaverse. The amount of pop culture IP that they have integrated from the Simpsons to the Power Rangers and the Ninja Turtles is creating a universe that the next generation is eager to explore. The more characters and celebrities they add, the more time and money people are going to spend in the virtual world.

Now onto Japan. After seeing both Chainsaw Man and Demon Slayer in theaters we can confirm that the time for anime to become mainstream is now. After Demon Slayer became the highest-grossing international film in U.S. box office history and the success of Chainsaw Man Japan recently announced they will be expanding the reach of their entertainment and video games. The $130 billion doesn’t seem too out of rich given that Netflix is making live adaptations and the world champion Dodgers have partnered with One Piece.

We are slowly walking into the sci-fi future that some of the best minds of our time have written about like Star Wars, Dune and Terminator. What might seem surreal is happening quicker than you think. Humanoid robots, flying cars, data centers in space, welcome to the 2020s.

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