THE FIRST AI WORKERS ARE HERE Figure AI is building humanoid robots that can understand instructions, see the world and perform real tasks. For the first time, AI is leaving the screen and entering factories, warehouses and homes. - Figure's Helix lets robots understand language and control their own movements - Robots can learn tasks instead of following thousands of programmed steps - AI is combining vision, reasoning and physical actions in one machine - The future of work may include millions of AI-powered humanoid workers I believe robots will become an inseparable part of AI. Intelligence without a body is only the beginning - the biggest AI revolution may happen when machines can interact with the real world.

TRUMP’S TEAM USED TAYLOR SWIFT’S MUSIC. NOW THE VIDEOS ARE SILENT Multiple Trump campaign and White House posts featuring Taylor’s songs were muted after copyright claims. Years earlier, she explained exactly why control matters: “What you do to an artist when you separate them from their work - you break something.” “That’s their retirement. That’s their legacy. That’s what they want to leave to their children.” “Artists should never have to part with their work. They should own it from day one.” Taylor didn’t need to release a statement. The silence made it for her.

> be DLSS > NVIDIA created a technology most gamers now depend on > DLSS uses AI to make games run faster > It can increase FPS without upgrading hardware > It changed how developers build modern games > Ray tracing became possible for more players > Frame Generation created extra AI frames > New models keep improving image quality > DLSS 5 pushes AI even deeper into graphics > The GPU may no longer draw everything itself > AI could become the artist behind every frame > Some players love the future > Some players want traditional rendering back > The debate is only getting started Gaming is entering the AI era.

RTX OWNERS ARE NOT HAPPY NVIDIA just changed the future of gaming graphics. DLSS 5 brings AI-powered neural rendering, but the biggest features are expected to focus on newer RTX 50 hardware - leaving many older GPU owners questioning their upgrades. - RTX 4090 owners paid thousands for a flagship card - RTX 30 and RTX 40 users may miss the biggest DLSS 5 breakthroughs - AI will help create game visuals instead of only improving them - Gamers are split between "the future of graphics" and "AI-generated visuals" I think AI rendering is where gaming is heading, but locking major upgrades behind new hardware will always frustrate the community. The AI graphics revolution is here - but not everyone is invited.

AI JUST LEARNED TO WRITE LIFE Scientists used AI to create genetic code that never existed before. The same technology that writes code and creates images is now learning the language of life. - Evo 2 was trained on the genomes of millions of living organisms - AI can generate new DNA sequences that never existed in nature - Researchers created AI-designed viruses that successfully attacked bacteria - The breakthrough could help discover new medicines faster AI is no longer just predicting the future. It is starting to build it.

> be AI > trained on millions of genomes > learning the language of life > reading DNA like ChatGPT reads text > creating genetic code that never existed before > building new viral genomes from scratch > helping scientists design biological systems > creating viruses that attack bacteria > testing AI-designed genomes in real labs > opening a new era of medicine > turning biology into programmable code > moving from software to life > becoming a new scientific tool The biggest AI breakthrough may not happen on a screen. It may happen inside DNA.

> be AI > trained on millions of genomes > learning the language of life > reading DNA like ChatGPT reads text > creating genetic code that never existed before > building new viral genomes from scratch > helping scientists design biological systems > creating viruses that attack bacteria > testing AI-designed genomes in real labs > opening a new era of medicine > turning biology into programmable code > moving from software to life > becoming a new scientific tool The biggest AI breakthrough may not happen on a screen. It may happen inside DNA.

AI JUST LEARNED TO WRITE LIFE Scientists used AI to create genetic code that never existed before. The same technology that writes code and creates images is now learning the language of life. - Evo 2 was trained on the genomes of millions of living organisms - AI can generate new DNA sequences that never existed in nature - Researchers created AI-designed viruses that successfully attacked bacteria - The breakthrough could help discover new medicines faster AI is no longer just predicting the future. It is starting to build it.

ELON MUSK WANTS AI TO REMAKE THE ODYSSEY. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN CALLED IT A TROJAN HORSE. Musk says Grok Imagine will create a full-length AI version of The Odyssey before the end of 2026. Nolan, who made his version with real actors and IMAX film, issued a warning: “I think AI is a Trojan horse that everybody knows the Greeks are inside.” “I’ve never seen a technology advancing so rapidly, so completely rejected by the public.” “People my children’s age immediately call it ‘AI slop.’” “Technology is always going to give us great gifts, but it has to be viewed with skepticism.” “The motives of the people giving it to us also have to be viewed with skepticism.” His final line says everything: “It’s a transparent horse. It’s made of glass. Everybody can see what’s going on inside.”

> be Leopold Aschenbrenner > enter Columbia at 15 > graduate valedictorian at 19 > join the FTX Future Fund > meet your future wife there > get fired by OpenAI > publish a 165-page AI manifesto > launch a fund with no track record > build $45B in gross exposure > return 1,551% > lose 67% in one month > sell a $16B portfolio before your wedding > call it “the best day of my life” He lost billions, found love and returned with another $400M before Wall Street finished writing his obituary

THE $2 BILLION GAME THAT COULD KILL DISCS GTA VI is expected to be the biggest entertainment launch ever, with a rumored $1-2 billion budget - more than movies like Avengers: Endgame. Now Take-Two says physical discs no longer make sense for consumers. - GTA VI's development and marketing could cost more than any game before it - Take-Two says 90%+ of its business is already digital - Fans argue digital gives companies more control, not players - One GTA release could influence every future AAA game The most expensive game ever made could also become the game that ends physical ownership.

🚨 33 DAYS TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF FILM Seedance 2.5 is on Higgsfield, unlimited for 33 days. Creators can now spend a full month pushing one of the most advanced video models without credit anxiety. - Generate longer cinematic scenes in a single continuous take - Keep characters and details consistent across frames - Control videos with images, clips, audio and text references - Make precise edits without starting from zero The next generation of filmmakers has a new playground.

LOST $45B AND FOUND LOVE Today, Leopold Aschenbrenner married Avital Balwit, called it “the best day of my life,” and returned to major investing almost immediately. Just days earlier, the 24-year-old watched his AI fund lose 67% as wedding guests arrived in California. - Citadel bought most of the fund’s $16B public portfolio - Around $10B in assets survived - The fund remained up roughly 80% for the year - Days later, it invested another $400M Worst month of his career. Best day of his life. Then another $400M investment. His full story is in the article below.

🚨 33 DAYS TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF FILM Seedance 2.5 is on Higgsfield, unlimited for 33 days. Creators can now spend a full month pushing one of the most advanced video models without credit anxiety. - Generate longer cinematic scenes in a single continuous take - Keep characters and details consistent across frames - Control videos with images, clips, audio and text references - Make precise edits without starting from zero The next generation of filmmakers has a new playground.

THE $2 BILLION GAME THAT COULD KILL DISCS GTA VI is expected to be the biggest entertainment launch ever, with a rumored $1-2 billion budget - more than movies like Avengers: Endgame. Now Take-Two says physical discs no longer make sense for consumers. - GTA VI's development and marketing could cost more than any game before it - Take-Two says 90%+ of its business is already digital - Fans argue digital gives companies more control, not players - One GTA release could influence every future AAA game The most expensive game ever made could also become the game that ends physical ownership.

> be Leopold Aschenbrenner > enter Columbia at 15 > graduate valedictorian at 19 > join the FTX Future Fund > meet your future wife there > get fired by OpenAI > publish a 165-page AI manifesto > launch a fund with no track record > build $45B in gross exposure > return 1,551% > lose 67% in one month > sell a $16B portfolio before your wedding > call it “the best day of my life” He lost billions, found love and returned with another $400M before Wall Street finished writing his obituary

LEOPOLD ASCHENBRENNER JUST GOT MARRIED - BUT HIS OWN EXISTENCE BEGAN WITH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL “My mother grew up in the former East, my father in the former West.” “They met shortly after the Wall fell.” “The end of the Cold War was this extremely pivotal moment for me because it’s the reason I exist.” His great-grandmother survived Nazi Germany, witnessed the firebombing of Dresden and spent most of her life under East German communism. Her son was imprisoned by the Stasi after trying to cross the Iron Curtain. She was almost 60 when she finally lived in a free country. “She raised me when I was young. So it doesn’t feel that long ago. It feels very close.” Today, Leopold began the next chapter of that family story.

LOST $45B AND FOUND LOVE Today, Leopold Aschenbrenner married Avital Balwit, called it “the best day of my life,” and returned to major investing almost immediately. Just days earlier, the 24-year-old watched his AI fund lose 67% as wedding guests arrived in California. - Citadel bought most of the fund’s $16B public portfolio - Around $10B in assets survived - The fund remained up roughly 80% for the year - Days later, it invested another $400M Worst month of his career. Best day of his life. Then another $400M investment. His full story is in the article below.

A STUDENT MADE A $100 MILLION IDEA A Korean student built an app that finds walking routes based on shade - something normal maps never considered. Geuneullo predicts where shadows will be using the sun’s position, building heights, and city data, helping people survive extreme heat. - It creates routes that avoid direct sunlight instead of just saving time - It can even suggest the best seats on buses to stay in the shade - It became Korea’s top-ranked app during a 35°C heatwave - Hundreds of thousands of people have already used its shade-based routes Big tech built maps for faster travel. One student built maps for a more comfortable world.

THIS COULD BE THE NEXT $100B GAME Meccha Chameleon showed that people love turning 3D creation into gameplay. Now imagine a platform where millions of players create worlds, objects, and characters - without ever opening Blender. - Roblox built a multi-billion dollar creator economy around simple tools - Blender has millions of users but a steep learning curve - Games could become the easiest way to enter 3D creation - User-generated 3D worlds could become the next massive digital economy The next billion-dollar platform might not sell games. It might let players create them.