The line between generating video and programming robots is officially blurring. AI companies like Runway are now using the same "world models" that create video clips to build the ‘brains’ for physical automation.
This has huge implications for anyone running a physical business. Training a robot in a hyper-realistic simulation is exponentially cheaper and faster than real-world trial and error, opening up automation for logistics, agriculture, and small-scale operations.
Topics of the day:
Andrej Karpathy on why reliable AI is a decade out
Nvidia's open-source play for enterprise AI
A mind-controlled robot and the next user interface
The Shortlist: Rasa’s security edge in AI agents, Yamaha’s self-balancing motorcycle, and Eufy’s biometric smart lock.
Karpathy: AGI is a decade away
What's happening: AI pioneer Andrej Karpathy is resetting industry expectations, arguing in a recent interview that today's AI agents have serious cognitive flaws and won't be reliable for another decade.
In practice:
Stop trying to automate complex, multi-step workflows; instead, use models for narrow, verifiable tasks like summarizing meeting notes or generating first-draft emails.
Treat your AI as your personal analyst, not an autonomous intern—use it to accelerate your own research and brainstorming, but keep a human firmly in control of strategy and final output.
Prioritize investing in tools that boost your team's efficiency on their current work, rather than betting on moonshot projects that aim to fully replace human roles.
Bottom line: For the next decade, the biggest returns will come from augmented intelligence, not artificial intelligence. Focus on using these tools to make your people smarter and faster.
Nvidia's plan to win with open AI
What's happening: Nvidia is giving away its entire AI playbook, open-sourcing its powerful Nemotron models to help companies build and run custom AI on their own private hardware, as revealed in an interview with one of its top executives.
In practice:
You can use these models to build powerful internal tools that analyze sensitive financial or customer data without it ever leaving your servers.
Instead of generic chatbots, you can fine-tune expert assistants on your company's private knowledge base for highly specific tasks.
You can now run on your own hardware, from high-end PCs to enterprise servers, giving you more control than paying for recurring API calls to a major cloud provider; you can explore the Nemotron model family now.
Bottom line: Nvidia is making a strategic play to become the foundational platform for enterprise AI, not just the chip supplier. This gives businesses a real path to owning their AI stack instead of renting it.´
Neuralink patient controls robot with his mind
What’s happening: In a major leap for brain-computer interfaces, a patient with ALS successfully controlled a robotic arm using only his thoughts, demonstrating the power of Neuralink’s AI-powered implant to perform everyday tasks.
In practice:
This is a glimpse into a future where you might control software or machinery directly with your thoughts, creating the ultimate hands-free workflow.
For businesses, this opens up new markets in assistive tech and could eventually transform industries like precision manufacturing or remote surgery.
The AI here isn’t replacing the human; it’s translating intent, creating a tighter feedback loop between a person’s goal and a machine’s action.
Bottom line: While still early, this isn’t just a medical breakthrough; it’s a preview of the next user interface. The way you interact with technology at work could one day be as simple as thinking.
The Shortlist
Lakera found Rasa’s conversational AI architecture offers superior protection against prompt injection attacks, a key security risk for enterprise agents.
Yamaha demonstrated its self-balancing motorcycle technology, which uses advanced AI control systems to stay perfectly upright even when pushed from the side.
Eufy released the FamiLock S3 Max, a smart lock that uses palm vein recognition AI for keyless entry, integrating advanced biometrics into consumer home security.
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