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Would you buy your own autonomous vehicle? Soon you’ll be able to. But don’t expect your personal robot to fold laundry or do the dishes perfectly just yet. We cover this and more in today’s issue — plus free MIT courses, the latest AI tools, and top tech trends. Let’s dive in.

• Robot Dexterity May Never Arrive.

• 🧰 AI Tools - Book and paper knowledge extraction.

• 🧠 Learning Corner - MIT

• High Schoolers Build AI Device to Stop Drunk Driving Before It Starts.

• 📰 News and Trends.

• Would You Buy a Waymo Car?

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Robot Dexterity May Never Arrive.

Despite $7.2 billion invested since 2015 and over 160 companies working on humanoid robots, robot dexterity remains a major hurdle. Robots can now walk, dance, and even run half-marathons — but truly handling everyday tasks like folding laundry or pouring water still lags far behind human ability. Dexterous manipulation — adjusting quickly to new objects and environments — is far harder than making robots walk or flip. Even advanced models like 1X's Neo and Figure’s 02 struggle with simple object handling. Experts believe real-world deployment could take decades, and even then, humanoids may perform slowly or require heavy human oversight.

🧠 Learning Corner.

MIT OpenCourseWare.

Access to free courses, materials, and teaching resources from MIT's AI classes.

High Schoolers Build AI Device to Stop Drunk Driving Before It Starts.

Two North Carolina high school students created SoberRide, an AI-powered device to prevent drunk driving by using cameras, ethanol sensors, and machine learning to detect impairment before a car can be driven. Unlike traditional breathalyzers, SoberRide analyzes facial cues and alcohol presence, reducing workarounds. Their startup has earned a U.S. patent, national awards, and $100K in promised funding. While pushing for legislation to mandate DUI detection systems, the team is targeting fleet operators and parents of teen drivers, with early interest from automakers like Honda and Toyota.

📰 AI News and Trends

• China’s Huawei Develops New AI Chip, Seeking to Match Nvidia - Superpower rivalry over semiconductors heats up despite Washington’s attempts to block Beijing.

• Elon Musk’s XAI Holdings is in Discussions to raise $20 billion.

• DeepSeek-R2 is the upcoming AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek, promising major advancements in multilingual reasoning, code generation, and multimodal capabilities.

• Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, an AI video model to create lifelike chatbots

🌐 Other Tech news

• USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world.

• The group chats that changed America.

• Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla.

• California surpasses Japan as the world's 4th-largest economy.

Would You Buy a Waymo Car?

As we highlighted in our previous issue, all of the AV companies are taking huge steps to provide complete autonomous vehicles to everyone, in part thanks to lower regulations and tech advances. Now, Waymo could eventually sell self-driving cars directly to consumers, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Pichai mentioned "future optionality around personal ownership" while discussing Waymo’s business model. This idea isn’t new — Waymo had plans as early as 2018 to sell autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Tesla is also moving into personal autonomous cars, aiming to sell its "Cybercab" for $30,000 by 2026. Currently, Waymo has more operational robotaxis than Tesla, expanding internationally to Japan, while Tesla plans its first U.S. robotaxi launch this summer.

🧰 AI Tools

Book and paper knowledge extraction.

• NotebookLM (Google) - Processes up to 50 sources—including PDFs, Google Docs, and YouTube transcripts—to generate summaries, study guides, and even podcast-style audio overviews. For researchers, students, and professionals seeking to synthesize large volumes of information.

• Scholarcy - Transforms academic papers, textbooks, and reports into interactive flashcards, highlighting key points and extracting references. For academics and students needing quick overviews of scholarly materials.

• Blinkist - Offers 15-minute summaries ("Blinks") of over 6,500 nonfiction books across various categories, available in text and audio formats. For busy professionals and lifelong learners, the goal is to grasp key insights from books quickly.

• Wordtune Read - Summarizes lengthy documents, articles, and reports into concise bullet points, enhancing reading efficiency. For professionals and students looking to distill essential information from extensive texts.

• TLDR This - Automatically condenses articles, blog posts, and documents into digestible summaries, highlighting key points and metadata. For readers seeking quick overviews of online content without wading through entire articles.

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