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From TLDR 2024-02-15

MAGICLAB'S HUMANOID CAN TOAST MARSHMALLOWS, FOLD CLOTHES, AND DANCE
(6 MINUTE READ) [7]

MagicLab has unveiled MagicBot, a humanoid robot that can roast
marshmallows and dance. The robot has exceptional balance and
dexterity - it has the capability to execute somersaults. MagicBot has sub-millimeter positioning accuracy and a load capacity reaching
several kilograms. Videos of the robot in action are available in the
article.

TESLA'S BIGGEST EV RIVAL IS PLANNING A FACTORY IN NORTH AMERICA (2
MINUTE READ) [15]

BYD is considering opening a plant in Mexico, which would make it
cheaper for the company to sell cars in the US.

THE TEXT FILE THAT RUNS THE INTERNET (16 MINUTE READ) [11]

robots.txt has kept the internet from chaos for three decades. The
simple text file represents a deal between some of the earliest
pioneers of the internet to respect each other's wishes and build the
internet in a way that benefits everybody. It allows anyone who runs a
website to tell the web who's allowed on the site and who isn't. The
system used to work, but AI is now threatening to change everything.
This article takes a look at the history behind robots.txt, how it
works, different types of web crawlers, the tradeoff between sites and
the search engineers crawling them, and how AI changes the balance of
the internet.

LARGEST TEXT-TO-SPEECH AI MODEL YET SHOWS 'EMERGENT ABILITIES' (5
MINUTE READ) [14]

Amazon AGI's Big Adaptive Steamable TTS with Emergent abilities
model, or BASE TTS, has 980 million parameters and emergent qualities
that improve its ability to speak even complex sentences naturally.

THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL (5 MINUTE READ) [17]

Performance improvement plans are cruel and a waste of everyone's
time because everyone knows what's going to happen at the end of the
plan.

THE RISE OF VIRTUAL INFLUENCERS (15 MINUTE READ) [19]

Virtual influencers are digital characters used in social media and
marketing campaigns to engage with real audiences.

Links:
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[7] https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/magiclabs-humanoid-can-toast-marshmallows-fold-clothes-and-dance?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[11] https://www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[14] https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/largest-text-to-speech-ai-model-yet-shows-emergent-abilities/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[15] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/02/byd-may-build-electric-vehicle-factory-in-mexico-for-us-market/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[17] https://marcrandolph.com/the-performance-improvement-plan-is-cruel-and-unusual/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[19] https://www.humanityredefined.com/p/the-rise-of-virtual-influencers?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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