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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said Quantum computing is on the verge of breakthrough, similar to what artificial intelligence (AI) experienced 5 years ago. In an interview with BBC, he said Google's quantum program is nearing a tipping point. "I would say quantum is there where maybe AI was 5 years ago," he said, adding that "in five years from now we'll be going through a very exciting phase in quantum."

I’ve predicted 2026 for a while now

Singing > watching. So we got millions of people watching the Big Game to sing along with us. Oh, and we put it on the world's largest LED screen @SphereVegas.

Huh? Starbucks is a retail sugar company. If he is serious, here is what it would mean to be “all in on AI”: A) all drinks made by robots by 2030 (Optimus or Figure) B) deprecating legacy Software Industrial Complex licenses (SBUX is probably paying billions per year in software licenses) C) all corporate software rebuilt using a modern SDLC (corollary to B, rebuild everything to be custom, easy to maintain and migrate) D) add Starlink to every location, give away Wifi, cut prices by 25% and grow E) RIF 50% headcount if A-D don’t work

La primera sala de LEONARDO VERSUS MICHELANGELO posa a l'espectador al centre d'un viatge fabulós per la Florència del 1500. Un passeig al·lucinant pels tallers dels dos genis, pel Duomo i pel Palazzo Vecchio. L'experiència comença fort. Benvinguts. 🎟 idealbarcelona.com

Notable Investment Rounds in 2024 for Humanoid and Robotics Foundation Model Startups: ⦿ Figure raised $675M in a Series B round at a $2.6B valuation. Investors included OpenAI, Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and Microsoft. ⦿ 1X secured $100M in a Series B round, led by EQT Ventures. ⦿ Agility Robotics is reportedly close to locking in a new $150M round. ⦿ Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based startup building robotics foundation models, emerged from stealth mode with a $300M Series A round, achieving a $1.5B valuation. ⦿ Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup developing robotics foundation models, raised $400M in early-stage funding at a $2B valuation. Investors included Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital. ⦿ World Labs, co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, a San Francisco-based startup focused on developing 'spatial intelligence,' has raised $230 million at a $1B valuation. Chinese Startups: ⦿ Unitree raised ~$139M in a Series B2 round, followed by "several billion yuan" in Series C funding, valuing the company at 8 billion yuan (~$1B). ⦿ RobotEra secured $42M in pre-Series A funding from Alibaba and others. ⦿ Booster Robotics has raised a total of $14M across two early funding rounds. ⦿ UBTech raised $130M through a Hong Kong IPO (December 2023). ⦿ AGIBOT secured $85M at a $1B valuation (December 2023).

@MarioNawfal When I saw this I knew we were screwed in tech. The most drones used in a Disney theme park is 800. 🤔

Things that didn’t exist on Christmas 25 years ago: iPhone Tesla YouTube 𝕏 SpaceX Gmail Instagram Bitcoin Facebook Skype Amazon Prime Google Maps Netflix streaming Android App Store WhatsApp TikTok Snapchat Fitbit Xbox Pinterest LinkedIn iPad Uber Airbnb Reddit Spotify Zoom

@som3cat No es para de parlar de zones potencialment inundables. A on es troben aquestes zones/mapes? No hi ha informació…

👉 Narcís Prat, catedràtic emèrit d’ecologia de la UB: “Cada poble hauria de tenir un pla d’inundació, perquè ja se sap per on passarà l’aigua” #Col·lapse3Cat 📲 ccma.cat/3cat/directes/

House of ERIKALUST is the experience that uncovers your fantasies. Eroticism, immersion and digital art based on the films of Erika Lust. From October 25th in Poblenou, Barcelona

AI took nearly 80 years to "takeoff." Web3 & blockchain will take less than 20. "Blockchains are processing more than 50 times as many transactions per second as they were just four years ago." ~ 2024 State of Crypto Report

Nunca pensé que el océano pudiera ser tan hermoso... ni tan aterrador. ¿Te atreves a descubrirlo? 🧵 1. Sentado al borde de un acantilado submarino

"Abróchense los cinturones para realizar un viaje inolvidable", @leoncita1 a @LaVanguardia. 'Jules Verne 200', un viaje increíble a los escenarios de las novelas del escritor francés. @idealbarcelona @LayersReality lavanguardia.com/cultura/202409…

Les arts en viu, especialment el teatre, van ser l'àmbit artístic a través del qual Jules Verne va començar a guanyar-se la vida com a creador, abans que amb les novel·les. A l'experiència immersiva JULES VERNE 200 a @idealbarcelona ens endinsarem al París del segle XIX. 🎟📚🎭

We shouldn't kill elephants for sport, period. Please sign and share: share.eko.org/877010445t?ref…

Endinsa't en les aventures més espectaculars de tots els temps! A l'experiència immersiva JULES VERNE 200 les històries cobren vida per presentar-nos els personatges vernians i fer-nos explorar els racons més allunyats de la Terra. A PARTIR DEL 20 DE SETEMBRE 🎟️

This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it.

@bcn_ajuntament @Bcn_SantMarti Anys i anys i sempre igual… bufa el vent i tot escampat 😔 @rac1

Teníamos Midjourney, Stable difussion, Dall•E, … y ahora llega Flux a romper la baraja decrypt.co/242822/flux-ai… me encanta ver que siempre hay valientes que se atreven a competir