GenRobot AI raises $100 million for robot training data infrastructure
Beijing-based GenRobot AI has completed a $100 million Series A+ funding round, TechNode reported. The company develops equipment and software that collect human demonstrations for use in training robots, providing data infrastructure for companies developing robots.
Builder runs Kimi K3 on CPU with discontinued Optane memory
A home server builder ran Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model without a GPU, using discontinued Intel Optane PMem 200 memory and a 40-core Xeon processor, Tom's Hardware reported.
Blizzard used 3,924 virtual machines for World of Warcraft: Forever launch
Blizzard used 3,924 virtual machines with 70,480 CPU cores and 251,136 GB of memory to support the launch of World of Warcraft: Forever, Tom's Hardware reported. Players and media praised it as one of the company's smoothest launches.
Phase 3 retatrutide trials report weight loss and reduced knee pain
Two Northwestern University-led Phase 3 trials involving more than 1,000 adults found that participants receiving high doses of Eli Lilly's experimental retatrutide lost, on average, up to 25% of their body weight.
Apple tests development process giving engineers 50% more coding time
Apple is experimenting with a software development process that gives engineers 50% more time to code and explore while reducing time spent on integration, 9to5Mac reported, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The experiment comes as coding agents have improved.
Diamond Foundry says it has made a 200mm single-crystal diamond wafer
Diamond Foundry announced what it calls the world's first 200mm single-crystal diamond wafer, a manufacturing milestone aimed at using diamond to cool semiconductors, including AI chips. The material is estimated to conduct heat at least five times better than copper.