Elon Musk described how XAI used 24,000 Nvidia H100s to create Grok 2, an AI model that is better than OpenAI GPT 4. XAI Grok 2 will release in August. Elon is pushing the rapid 100k data center build to catch up for GPT 5 or 5.5. XAI set up the 100,000 Nvidia H100 themselves …
Neuralink will double the bandwidth of its devices with more accurate placement of the threads into the brain. The next generation device will have 3000 channels. The company’s first system, called Telepathy, centers around 64 threads that are inserted directly into the brain. The threads are thinner than a human hair and record neural signals …
Jordan at the Limiting Factor projects magapack energy demand. He does his usual excellent job but he does not factor in increased energy demand from AI data centers. AI data centers could more double the amount of overall world energy needed by 2040. The overall energy demand used in Tesla Master Plan part 3 did …
Today, there is a new video interview of the lead researcher at Exodus Technologies who are making a radical new propellantless propulsion system. They claim they can produce over 1G of thrust for a lightweight device. IF this claim is true then they could make spaceships that could go to Mars in 5 days and …
David Shapiro is an AI youtuber who was predicting AGI would arrive in September 2024. His expectations have massively dropped for the speed of AI progress. He has made a few videos talking about AI progress slowing down. Shapiro is over correcting because he hyped it up with an AGI by Sept 2024 prediction. He …
Tesla SVP Tom Zhu briefed Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tesla FSD, the latest tech developments, and Tesla China at the World AI Conference. This is positive for Tesla FSD getting rolled out broadly in China and getting licensing with China robotaxi companies and China carmakers. Tesla SVP Tom Zhu briefed Chinese Premier Li Qiang …
Michael Dunne, Dunne Insights, delivers world class intelligence and advisory services to investors, automakers, suppliers and technology companies on the global electric car and battery businesses. Michael Dunne gives insights on China, electric cars, autonomous driving and the world. He says that China’s EV supply chain gives China companies about a 30% cost advantage versus …
SpaceX Starship will have its fifth orbital launch mission in 4 weeks and it will have the first actual booster catch attempt. If the booster catch is successful, then SpaceX Starship becomes about 80% reusable. Starship will become as reusable as the Falcon 9 when the booster is reliably recovered and reused. The Falcon 9 …
Various first impressions of Tesla FSD v12.4.3 are positive. Tesla FSD 12.4.3 drives like a professional chauffeur. It executes many maneuvers more smoothly than a human could, and can often react to road hazards before the human driver even notices them — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) July 6, 2024 esla FSD 12.4.3 drives like a …
Nextbigfuture has calculated and projected the contribution of Tesla Energy to Tesla financials and approximated share price contribution. Until earlier this week there was no contribution to the share price. Energy has been profitable but the $300-400 million of gross profit was less than 10% of the $3-4 billion of gross profits. However, Tesla Energy …
Shield AI, building the world’s best AI pilot, was awarded $198 million by the U.S. Coast Guard to implement the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The V-BAT series aircraft is the only operationally deployed single-engine ducted fan vertical takeoff and land (VTOL) UAS that can launch and recover from a hover and fly on wing …