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Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts
The daily podcast tracking the real-time collision of artificial intelligence, humanoid robotics, and limitless energy. Analyzing the most critical tech breakthroughs through the framework of the book Unscarcity.
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Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsGoogle's AI Buildout Drove a Record 37% Jump in Its Electricity Use as Emissions Climb
Google's 2026 environmental report reveals its annual electricity consumption rose 37% in 2025 — the biggest increase in company history — driven by AI data…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsBoston Dynamics Makes New Atlas 'Order of Magnitude' Simpler to Build, Opening a Path to Mass-Produced Humanoids
In a Forbes exclusive on July 2, Boston Dynamics revealed its fifth-generation Atlas humanoid is 'almost an order of magnitude' simpler to build, with far…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsOpenAI Pitches Giving the US Government a 5% Stake and an Alaska-Style National AI Dividend Fund
OpenAI has held early talks to hand the US government a 5% equity stake, worth about $42.6 billion, and Sam Altman proposed that every leading US AI lab…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSpaceX Flashed an AI Phone to Investors Before Its IPO, Then Musk Called the Report 'Utterly False'
The Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX showed investors a slim, iPhone-like AI device built on xAI's Grok technology ahead of its record June IPO. Elon…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMeta Builds a Cloud Business to Rent Out Its Spare AI Compute, Chasing SpaceX Into Infrastructure
Multiple outlets reported July 1 that Meta is building a cloud unit to sell access to its excess AI computing power and models, directly challenging Amazon…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsGitHub Copilot Billing Shock: Agentic Developers Face 10x-50x Cost Surge as First Token Billing Cycle Closes
The first complete 30-day cycle under GitHub Copilot's new usage-based billing ended June 30, with agentic developers reporting bills 10 to 50 times higher…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsxAI's Grok 4.5 Enters Private Beta at SpaceX and Tesla With 1.5 Trillion Parameters and No Public Benchmarks
Elon Musk announced June 28 that xAI's Grok 4.5, a 1.5-trillion-parameter model built on the V9 architecture, has entered private beta testing exclusively at…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsUS Government Restricts Both OpenAI and Anthropic Frontier Models to Trusted Partners
The US government restricted both OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Mythos 5 to handpicked circles of government-approved companies this week, creating an…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsCalifornia Becomes First State to Launch Real-Time AI Job Loss Tracker
Governor Newsom partnered with the Employment Development Department and UC California Policy Lab to launch the AI-Unemployment Tracker, the first government…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsOpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, First Custom AI Inference Chip Designed in Nine Months
OpenAI and Broadcom on June 24 unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first custom-built AI inference chip, designed end-to-end in nine months with assistance from…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAnthropic Accuses Alibaba of Largest-Ever AI Distillation Attack Using 25,000 Fake Accounts
Anthropic sent a letter to U.S. Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren accusing Alibaba's Qwen AI lab of conducting 28.8 million exchanges with Claude through…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAgility Robotics Goes Public in $2.5B SPAC Deal, First Standalone Western Humanoid Robot IPO
Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit humanoid robot, announced a definitive merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI valuing the company at $2.5 billion. The deal…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSamsung Deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex Across Global Workforce
Samsung Electronics reversed its May 2023 ChatGPT ban and deployed ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex, Gemini Enterprise, and Claude to all employees in Korea and the…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSpaceX Signs $6.3B Compute Deal with Reflection AI, Cementing Memphis as AI Capital
SpaceX signed a $6.3 billion compute deal with Nvidia-backed open-source AI startup Reflection AI, giving them access to GB300 chips at the Colossus 2 data…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsGoogle DeepMind Loses Transformer Inventor and Nobel Laureate to Rivals in 48 Hours
Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture powering every major AI model, left Google for OpenAI on June 18. The next day, Nobel Prize winner…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsUnitedHealth's $3 Billion AI Push Has Bots Calling Doctors
UnitedHealth announced a $3 billion AI investment over 2026-2027, deploying 22,000 engineers to build AI agents that process claims, flag fraud, and interact…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsCongress Proposes First Federal AI Framework Requiring Employers to Disclose AI-Driven Layoffs
Representatives Obernolte (R-CA) and Trahan (D-MA) released the Great American AI Act, a 269-page bipartisan bill that would amend the WARN Act to require…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsApple iPhone Prices to Rise as AI Data Centers Consume World's Memory Chip Supply
Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that iPhone price increases are 'unavoidable,' comparing the memory chip crisis to a 'hundred-year flood.'…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMicrosoft Routes GitHub Through AWS as AI Coding Agents Overwhelm Infrastructure
Microsoft confirmed it is routing GitHub traffic through Amazon Web Services after AI coding agents overwhelmed Azure capacity. Pull requests by AI agents…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60 Billion in All-Stock Deal
SpaceX confirmed it will acquire Anysphere, the company behind AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction just four days after its…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAI Data Centers Drive 76% Electricity Price Spike Across America's Largest Grid
Federal watchdog Monitoring Analytics found AI data centers caused a 76% wholesale electricity price increase in PJM Interconnection, which serves 13 states…
Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts42 State Attorneys General Subpoena OpenAI Over ChatGPT Sycophancy and Child Safety
A bipartisan coalition of 42 state attorneys general served OpenAI with a sweeping subpoena on June 12, demanding records on advertising practices, user…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsBezos's Prometheus Raises $12B to Build 'Artificial General Engineer'
Jeff Bezos's startup Prometheus raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation to build AI that automates the design and manufacturing of complex physical…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsNew York Passes Five AI Bills Including Unanimous Kids Chatbot Ban
New York legislators wrapped up the 2026 session by passing five AI-related bills: a ban on AI companion chatbots for minors (137-0 in Assembly, 60-0 in…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMusk and Amodei Converge on Government Checks as AI Job-Loss Fix
Within 48 hours, the two most powerful figures in AI both endorsed direct government payments as the answer to AI unemployment. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsUS Government Forces Anthropic to Pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over Alleged Jailbreak
On June 12, 2026, Anthropic received a US export-control directive citing national security authorities and ordering it to suspend access to its two most…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsNeura Robotics Closes Record $1.4B Series C Backed by Amazon, Nvidia, Tether, Bosch
German robotics pioneer Neura Robotics announced a Series C financing of up to $1.4 billion, the largest ever for a full-stack robotics company. The round…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsApple Unveils Gemini-Powered Siri AI at WWDC 2026
At WWDC on June 8, Apple announced Siri AI, its long-awaited assistant overhaul — a standalone app woven through iOS 27 that draws on users' email and message…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsOpenAI Files for IPO, Joining Anthropic and SpaceX in Historic Listings
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, joining Anthropic and SpaceX in what could be the largest listings on record, marking a…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAI Cited in 40% of US Job Cuts in May
AI was cited as the driver behind 40% of US job cuts recorded in May 2026, totaling 97,000 positions eliminated. This marks a significant increase in AI-driven…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsViral Video of Humanoid Robot Kicking Child Reignites Safety Fears
A viral video showing a humanoid robot kicking a child during a public demonstration in China has reignited safety fears about the deployment of robots in…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAnthropic warns Claude is approaching recursive self-improvement
Anthropic has warned that its AI model Claude is nearing the capability threshold for recursive self-improvement, prompting the company to call for a…
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SpaceX Secures $30B Google Computing Deal Ahead of $1.78T IPO
SpaceX has secured a $30 billion deal with Google for AI computing power, a key revenue anchor for its upcoming $1.78 trillion IPO. This deal signals the…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsHelion Raises $465M for Microsoft Fusion Power Plant
Helion has raised $465M to build a commercial fusion machine for Microsoft, representing a significant link between AI datacenter power demand and…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMicrosoft Unveils AI Agent Containment Framework
At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled a containment framework designed to restrict autonomous AI agents operating across enterprise software development workflows…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAnthropic files confidential IPO, SpaceX to float this month
Anthropic has filed for a confidential IPO, while SpaceX is set to float this month, marking a historic moment for AI on Wall Street. The simultaneous IPO rush…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsNvidia Unveils Humanoid Robot Platform
Nvidia has announced the Isaac Root, a fully integrated humanoid reference robot, in partnership with Unitree and other global makers, which could set the…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSilicon Valley Humanoid Robot Makers Scale Production
Tesla's Fremont factory has stopped car production to build Optimus robot production lines, targeting 1 million units per year. 1X Technologies' humanoid 'Neo'…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsTrump-Linked Startup Develops Dual-Use Humanoid Robots
Foundation Future Industries, a startup with ties to the Trump family, is developing dual-use humanoid robots for military and hazardous industrial…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsBMW endorses humanoid robots as the future of automotive manufacturing
BMW has publicly stated that humanoid robots represent the future of car production, drawing parallels to the automation wave of the 1970s, with multiple major…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsFigure AI Ramps Humanoid Robot Production
Figure AI's BotQ facility increased humanoid robot output from one unit per day to one unit per hour, a 24-fold increase achieved in under 120 days. The…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsSpaceX Files for $1.75 Trillion IPO, Revealing Billions Invested in xAI Subsidiary
SpaceX plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX at a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion, targeting around June 12, seeking up to $80 billion in…
Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs Within Two Years
A Mercer Global Talent Trends report found 99% of surveyed CEOs expect corporate AI initiatives to lead to layoffs within the next two years, marking a turning…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAnthropic signs $1.5B/month compute deal with xAI's Colossus data center
Anthropic will pay xAI $1.5 billion per month for compute resources from the Colossus data center near Memphis, Tennessee. The Colossus facility will dedicate…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMeta Drafts 7,000 Employees into AI Task Force
Meta has reassigned approximately 7,000 staff into an AI task force, with employees describing the process as being 'drafted'. The company has formed a…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsTrump Pulls AI Executive Order After Lobbying from Tech Giants
Trump canceled a scheduled AI executive order that would have established a government vetting framework for national security risks posed by advanced AI…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsHumanoid Announces Bosch Manufacturing Deal
Humanoid, a UK startup, has announced a manufacturing deal with Bosch and a parts partnership with Schaeffler to scale its HMND 01 robots in Europe. This deal…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsOpenAI Preparing for IPO
OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this week, targeting a September listing. The company, valued at…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsGoogle and Blackstone team up on $5B AI cloud and chip infrastructure company
Google and Blackstone are partnering to create a $5 billion AI cloud and chip infrastructure company, signaling a new phase of AI infrastructure expansion and…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsFederal Jury Sides with OpenAI in Lawsuit with Elon Musk
A federal jury has ruled in favor of OpenAI in a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk, dismissing all claims and removing a major legal overhang for the company as it…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsAI job displacement accelerates: CEOs plan to cut junior roles, BLS data shows 130K customer service jobs already gone
Converging data from government statistics, CEO surveys, and named executive predictions now paint a coherent picture of AI-driven structural labor…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsCerebras AI Chipmaker Goes Public with $95B Market Cap
Cerebras, a dedicated AI chipmaker, has gone public on Nasdaq with a market cap of $95 billion, signaling investor conviction in the AI infrastructure buildout…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsFigure AI Humanoid Robots Achieve 24/7 Autonomous Work Milestone
Figure AI's Helix-02 humanoid robots have completed 24/7 nonstop autonomous operation, extending earlier 8-hour shift demonstrations. This milestone is…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsEx-Meta Researcher Launches 'Recursive Superintelligence' AI Startup
Tian Yuandong, a former Meta researcher, has launched a new AI startup called Recursive Superintelligence, which focuses on 'recursive self-improvement' AI…
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UK Startup Humanoid Signs Landmark Robot Deal with Schaeffler
Humanoid, a British startup, has agreed to deploy thousands of wheeled humanoid robots across Schaeffler's global manufacturing facilities by 2032, marking one…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsQ1 2026 AI VC funding shatters records, led by Waymo's $16B Series D
Q1 2026 AI funding has already exceeded all of 2025's total, with three mega-deals accounting for 67% of capital deployed. Autonomous machines posted a record…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in Musk vs. OpenAI trial
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified in the Musk vs. OpenAI trial, which will determine whether OpenAI continues as a for-profit entity or reverts to…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsTesla's Terafab Chip Facility Targets AI5 Chip Production, with Implications for Intel Foundry Deal
Tesla's Terafab prototype facility is designed to produce Tesla's fifth-generation AI chip (AI5) as one of its first products, with Elon Musk's long-term goal…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsTesla's Terafab Chip Facility Targets AI5 Chip Production, with Implications for Intel Foundry Deal
Tesla's Terafab prototype facility is designed to produce Tesla's fifth-generation AI chip (AI5) as one of its first products, with Elon Musk's long-term goal…
Minds, Bodies, and TerawattsFigure AI's Helix 02 robot demonstrates household task capabilities
Figure AI's Helix 02 robot has demonstrated complex household tasks, including making a bed, opening doors, and pushing furniture. The robot's capabilities…