Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI and now at Anthropic, sees a widening knowledge gap in AI. About 75 percent of the world's population has barely touched LLMs. Roughly 5,000 people, meanwhile, have access to internal frontier systems whose agent swarms do work that would take top experts years. The public, at best, sees a weird chatbot. The article Anthropic's Andrej Karpathy says "the external world has seen the preview" of what AI can actually do appeared first on The Decoder.
No organization in the world operates more robots than Amazon. The company already has more than 1 million robots working in warehouses around the clock to make tens of millions of same-day and one-day package deliveries happen on a daily basis—and Amazon is poised to significantly grow that robotic fleet in the coming years as it establishes new factories to churn out increasingly more capable robot workers. Despite deploying so many robots, Amazon is also the second-largest corporate employer in the world, with more than 1.5 million full-time and part-time human workers, according to its 2025 annual report. Amazon executives say that the growing robot fleet has eased the burden on its human workforce by taking on the toughest fulfillment center tasks that carry the greatest risks of physical fatigue and injury. But labor advocacy groups and independent researchers point to evidence suggesting that warehouse automation driven by AI is not all upside for the humans who work alongside robots. “For the last 100 years, most of the automation that we've seen usually happens away from workers—you're taking that high-risk task away from the worker, and you're doing so in a way that is not physically proximate,” Brian Greenwood, professor of business at George Mason University, told Ars. “The rise of collaborative robots really changes that dynamic for two reasons: one is that it is physically proximate, and two, the robot has the ability to dictate the pace of work.”Read full article Comments
SAUDI ARABIA: Stadler has signed a firm contract to supply Saudi Arabia Railways with a further 10 inter-city trainsets for use on the East–West line between Riyadh and Dammam. The order announced on October 9 has been placed as an option on a SFr600m contract for an initial 10 trainsets which was signed in February 2024. SAR signed a financing agreement for the latest order at InnoTrans 2026. Stadler said the value of the option exceeds SFr300m, including an extension of the original maintenance agreement to cover the additional vehicles. InnoTrans 2028 unveiling The 200 km/h trainsets will be produced primarily at Stadler’s facilities in Switzerland, with the car bodies for the power cars manufactured at its plant outside València in Spain. Manufacturing will commence immediately after completion of work on the first series, which entered production in April 2026. Stadler and SAR plan to unveil the first trainset at InnoTrans 2028 in Berlin, ahead of entry into passenger service the second half of 2029. Designed for the requirements of Saudi Arabia Stadler said SAR’s ‘demanding expectations’ for availability and passenger comfort shaped the vehicle concept, which was developed jointly with the operator to meet climatic and operational requirements. These included sand filters, protection against extreme heat and numerous redundant systems. The 175 m long trainsets will have two diesel-electric power cars, with each power car having two MTU 12V 4000 R64 MTU engines with an output of 1 500 kW and meeting European Stage V emission standards. They will have a capacity of around 320 passengers in various classes, with ‘generous’ luggage areas and amenities tailored to the needs of the Saudi Arabian market. Swiss consultancy Nose Design Experience supported the development of the interior and exterior design. ‘Together with SAR, we have developed a tailor-made solution that meets the highest standards in both technology and passenger comfort. The fact that our customer is already doubling the fleet at this stage underlines the strength of our partnership’, said Lucius Gerig, EVP of Stadler’s Switzerland division.
New research on the brolga, an iconic Australian crane species, has shown important genetic differences between northern and southeastern populations, with evidence that those in western Victoria are at increased risk, likely heightened by the loss of wetlands.
Gravity, the attraction between objects with mass, is the weakest of the four fundamental forces governing physical processes. Detecting the tiny gravitational pull of objects that are just a few millimeters in size and have a very small mass is extremely challenging.
Rabies virus detection in cell cultures could soon become faster and more accessible, thanks to the world's first AI system for this purpose, developed by researchers at the University of Surrey's Institute for People-Centered AI (PAI) in collaboration with the Rabies and Viral Zoonoses team at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
The Hunter WOLF military robot is one of six private-sector projects chosen for US Army’s Infantry Last Tactical Mile (ILTM) initiative – an advanced research initiative designed to modernize infantry support for soldiers on the battlefield. more…
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Brazilian electric motorcycle and battery-swapping company Vammo is hitting several major milestones as it prepares to take its model beyond its home of São Paulo, including reaching EBITDA profitability, surpassing 10 million battery swaps, and growing to more than 10,000 active riders. more…
University of Phoenix researchers have published a new peer-reviewed study examining how stress, self-regulation, resilience, belonging, psychological safety and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) interact in the experiences of nontraditional online students. The article, "Designing for Persistence in Online Higher Education: A Trauma-Informed, GenAI-Integrated Model for Non-Traditional Learners," was published in Innovative Higher Education.
