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Twitter/X/Grok: Week Ending 07/12/2024

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“The first human patient to receive the Neuralink implant, @ModdedQuad, mentioned that he might be able to control an Optimus robot using Neuralink during the study, hopefully within the next few months or a year. 

Musk says next Neuralink brain implant expected in ‘next week or so’

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/10/musk-says-next-neuralink-brain-implant-expected-in-next-week-or-so.html

“Elon Musk and Neuralink went live and shared the insane potential of Neuralink <> Tesla Optimus 1. People who can’t speak can communicate with Optimus 2. People who’ve lost limbs could possibly use a robotic Optimus limb and control it with their brains 

“From today’s Neuralink stream: ⦿ Elon: People who lost speech will be able to communicate with Optimus via Neuralink. ⦿ Elon: An exciting long-term possibility is attaching Optimus limbs to amputees for direct control via brain signals. “You’d have, basically, cybernetic 

“@xDaily xAI contracted for 24k H100s from Oracle and Grok 2 trained on those. Grok 2 is going through finetuning and bug fixes. Probably ready to release next month. xAI is building the 100k H100 system itself for fastest time to completion. Aiming to begin training later this month.” / X

“BREAKING: You’ll soon be able to generate images using Grok. via @nima_owji 

“@TheRundownAI Elon Musk revealed that Grok 2 will likely be ready for release next month, with xAI also beginning training on a 100k H100 system. He also confirmed that xAI ended discussions with Oracle on a potential $10B AI server deal 

For Optimus and robot news: see the Robotics/Embodiment category

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AI News #41: Week Ending 07/12/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 58 Links 

The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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