Welcome to Jumble, your go-to source for AI news updates. This week, Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots running a full 8-hour shift. Meanwhile, Anthropic dropped a paper laying out exactly how the next two years of the US-China AI race could play out. Let’s dive in ⬇️
In today’s newsletter:
🏭 Figure AI's humanoids work a full 8-hour shift
🗺️ Anthropic publishes two AI futures for 2028
🎭 Aronofsky's AI short premieres at Cannes
💼 PwC trains 30,000 employees on Claude
📺 Weekly Challenge: Turn anything into a documentary
📦 Figure AI's Humanoids Worked More Than 24-Hours, On Camera
Figure AI started livestreaming its F.03 humanoid robots sorting packages on a real warehouse floor, fully autonomous, no human babysitters. The original 8-hour goal blew past 10 million views, then the team kept the stream running.
🤖 48 Hours and Counting
CEO Brett Adcock posted on Friday morning that the bots are now on Day 3, running 24/7 until robot failure, with a fourth bot named Rose helping push past 38,000 packages processed. So far, they’ve crossed hour 48 and the team has no plans to stop.
📈 Why This One Hit Different
Past humanoid demos have been highlight reels, edited clips, and stage tricks. This was a live, uncut stream of bots doing the most boring job imaginable, which is exactly what made it land. It’s no longer a distant fantasy, the robots are real, and here to stay.
Between Figure, Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Unitree and others, there’s a massive fight going on for the future of robotics. Yet, the question remains: if the robots will do all of the work, who’s going to have the money to pay for them?
Do you think humanoid robots will be mostly good or bad for humanity?
🌐 Anthropic Maps Out Two AI Futures for 2028
On Thursday, Anthropic published a policy paper laying out two scenarios for where the US-China AI race lands in two years. Spoiler: the company thinks we're at a once-in-a-generation fork in the road, and the decisions made this year decide everything.
🏆 Scenario One: Democracies Lock In the Lead
The US tightens export controls, shuts down chip smuggling, and cracks down on distillation attacks where Chinese labs copy American models. By 2028, US AI labs are 12 to 24 months ahead, and democratic governments set the global rules on how AI gets used.
⚠️ Scenario Two: A Neck-and-Neck Race
The US doesn't act, loopholes stay open, and Chinese labs catch up. AI norms get shaped by authoritarian regimes, and Anthropic warns that authoritarian governments could use frontier AI for "automated repression at scale."
It's a bold move for a frontier lab to publicly take sides on geopolitics. But Anthropic is making the bet that AI policy gets shaped this year or not at all.
Weekly Scoop 🍦
🎯 Weekly Challenge: Turn Anything into a Documentary
Challenge: Earlier this year, NotebookLM unlocked Cinematic Video Overviews, and people are running everything through it from court filings to fanfiction. This week, we're turning something boring into an animated documentary in under ten minutes
Here’s what to do:
📚 Step 1: Drop a source into NotebookLM Open notebooklm.google.com, create a notebook, and upload a PDF, YouTube link, or long article.
🎬 Step 2: Click Video Overview In the Studio panel on the right, hit Video Overview and pick a style like Editorial, Sketch Note, or Kawaii.
📥 Step 3: Wait and download Generation runs 10 to 15 minutes. Save the video, drop it into your camera roll, and watch your source material come to life.
Will humanoid robots be replacing warehouse workers by next Christmas? And which of Anthropic's two scenarios do you think actually plays out? See you next time! 🚀
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Zoe from Jumble
