cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7710578

Humanoid robots just delivered one of the most unbelievable live dance performances ever seen.

But how did they actually learn to do this?

In this video, we reveal the secret training process behind China’s insane robot dance show — breaking down how these humanoid robots learned to flip, balance, perform kung fu, handle weapons, and move in perfect synchronization.

This includes:

• • Behind-the-scenes robot training
• • AI learning process
• • Rehearsal footage analysis
• • Factory work demonstrations
• • Why this marks a major turning point in robotics

This is not CGI. This is real AI training.

Palliser Capital recently sent a letter to Toto, the $7 billion Japanese toilet maker. They called the company "the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary." That might seem strange at first, but the connection is in materials science.

Toto is famous for its bidet toilets, but its deep expertise is in advanced ceramics. According to the FT, Toto's chuck technology uses ceramics engineered to remain perfectly stable at extremely low temperatures. This turns out to be really handy for holding silicon wafers firmly in place during cryogenic etching, which is becoming more important as memory chips get more layered and complex. Palliser believes Toto has about a five-year lead in this specific technology and should expand this side of its business.

Their advanced ceramics division already contributes 40% of the company's operating profit, despite making up less than 10% of its revenue.

Toto isn't even the most extreme example. Another company called Ajinomoto is known MSG, leveraged decades of amino acid research to development insulating film, called Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF), that is used in virtually every high-end GPU. They hold an estimated 95% global monopoly on this material. During the 2021 chip shortage, a major bottleneck was the supply of Ajinomoto's film.

It turns out that Japanese companies hold a majority global share in at least 14 critical semiconductor materials, showing how industrial processes are deeply connected. The sintering technique used to create a non-porous ceramic toilet is the same one used to create a contamination-free wafer chuck. The most foundational layer of computing hardware relies on companies whose public identity is built on consumer goods like toilets, food seasoning, and window glass. It's a good reminder that physical material science underpins digital advancement.

https://archive.ph/LhvNo

Firefox gave me a warning about a .torrent file I downloaded; I deleted the file and didn't open it in qBittorrent

I gave a quick scan of my PC after I deleted it with malwarebytes and Avira but neither found anything

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/29115

Big Tech firms are coming under greater scrutiny for the proliferation of child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence-powered chatbots on their social media platforms.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Tuesday that it was invoking the European Union's data privacy regulations to open an investigation into Grok, the AI chatbot featured on Elon Musk's X platform, after it was used to generate nonconsensual deepfake images, including sexualized images of children.

In announcing the investigation, DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said that the commission has been in contact with X for weeks after reports first emerged of Grok being used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Doyle said DPC has since decided to launch "a large-scale inquiry which will examine [X's] compliance with some of their fundamental obligations" under European privacy laws.

Spanish President Pedro Sánchez said on Tuesday that his government would ask Spain's Public Prosecution Service to "investigate the crimes that X, Meta, and TikTok may be committing through the creation and dissemination of child pornography by means of their AI."

"These platforms are attacking the mental health, dignity, and rights of our sons and daughters," Sánchez emphasized. "The state cannot allow it. The impunity of the giants must end."

The probes announced by Ireland and Spain mark just the latest actions by European governments against US-based tech giants. Earlier in February, law enforcement authorities in France raided the office of X in Paris, which the Paris prosecutor’s office said was part of an investigation aimed at "ensuring that the X platform complies with French laws, insofar as it operates on national territory."

The UK government's Information Commissioner's Office has also announced an investigation into X that the agency said encompasses "their processing of personal data in relation to the Grok artificial intelligence system and its potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content."

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The world’s first mass-produced 628 Ah mega battery cells mark a major leap in energy density and scale, designed to power next-generation EVs and grid storage systems. With fewer cells required per pack and higher efficiency, they promise lower costs, simplified architecture, and improved performance. This breakthrough could reshape the future of large-format battery manufacturing.

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/vending-machine-ai-price-fixing