Thom

Building @HeyStreamGenie + @DiffractAgency. I live in the realm of HW and SW. Past me: @tastytrade, @wendys, @layeroneio, @streamlabs, @chipotletweets.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

@hyunjoej Very insightful! Do you see LFP scaling to longer-horizon or more dexterous tasks?

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Little rain delay.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

I am down an egocentric device rabbit hole today. Some of our recent partners have very interesting concepts and designs that we’re testing in our POD. I expect some will be naturally suited better for different reasons. Been comparing comfort a lot more lately as well environmental durability.

Anyone using anything for capture outside their phones or GoPro? Would love to chat.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Going to enjoy tomorrow. We have an Ego/Exo4D session and then in the afternoon I can get back to calibrating and more. Still getting used to the new leader position after the move.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Just wrapped the first 20-episode test run in the new downstairs lab at @DiffractAgency.

Moved the whole setup last week and pretty excited with the changes but the leader location is a bit different than I am used to.

How long does it usually take you to settle in after a lab relocation?

[Thom @ThomSwann]

@Joesott @DiffractAgency I am quite picky when it comes to stickers and great idea!

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Just wrapped the first 20-episode test run in the new downstairs lab at @DiffractAgency.

Moved the whole setup last week and pretty excited with the changes but the leader location is a bit different than I am used to.

How long does it usually take you to settle in after a lab relocation?

[Thom @ThomSwann]

New summer project unlocked. This looks fun and the kids will love it.

[👩‍💻 Paige Bailey @DynamicWebPaige]

POV: you built a robot dog in your bedroom. 🐶🤖

Meet Pupper, from @Stanford! We hooked it up to @GoogleAIStudio's Gemini Live API and the Gemini Robotics-ER model so it can actually understand and react to the world.

And you can even build it yourself!

🍓 Runs on a @Raspberry_Pi
🛠️ 100% open-source (hw & sw)

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Goodbye cable. Hello fiber.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Jack just landed in a Hong Kong facility. He doesn't know it yet. But Jack is going to be a rockstar. 🦾

[Thom @ThomSwann]

@brettcalhounn We build quietly out here in the Midwest but that needs to stop. DMs are open and definitely want to connect with anyone out here.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Spot on! The “largest egocentric dataset” has become the default slide for every new robotics founder, but most of those datasets are noisy, lab-only, and built by people who’ve never shipped hardware.

We’re taking a different path capturing premium datasets. High-fidelity, real-world egocentric + exocentric data straight from deployed systems, curated with the kind of domain insight that only comes from having actually built and operated robots in the field. Quality + proprietary access beats raw volume every single time.

Curious which wedge from your list you think pairs best with truly defensible data?

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Remarkable what Brett and the folks over at @Figure_robot are doing. The amount of training data just for those interactions is impressive and still probably requires another 100,000+ hours to master in adaptable environments. The future is so interesting and I love building for it.

[Brett Adcock @adcock_brett]

Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels. This is fully autonomous running Helix-02 https://t.co/IdZR0T1F5I

[NVIDIA AI Infrastructure @NVIDIAAIInfra]

The next chapter of space computing is here 🛰️

NVIDIA and its ecosystem are advancing AI from Earth-to-space across:

✔️ Earth Orbit and Infrared Imagery
✔️ Radio Frequency and Synthetic Aperture Radar
✔️ Autonomous Space Operations

Leading commercial space companies and mission-grade, radiation-hardened partners are scheduling deployments of NVIDIA Jetson Orin, IGX Thor, and the Vera Rubin Space-1 module for on-orbit AI inference and ground data processing.

Explore the final frontier of AI 🔗 https://t.co/QXQghsoEhK

[Joseph Sottile 🌊 | Diffraction @Joesott]

Any clippers with experience working with tech companies, VPNs, etc?

If you do hit me up immediately have a paid campaign we’re finalizing.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Show that same banner to the viewers when a channel has this penalty. What they are doing will surely let the creators know but it doesn't stop. It just means they adapt as the services adapt.

[Twitch Support @TwitchSupport]

A note on our work to combat viewbotting, from CEO Dan Clancy:

There’s been a lot of discussion recently about viewbotting on Twitch, and I wanted to share an update on our enforcement efforts.

Viewbotting is bad for our business. We don't benefit from it, and we believe it harms the creator ecosystem overall. However, effectively combatting viewbotting is challenging. As we deploy updates to our real-time detection algorithms, viewbotting companies quickly respond with updates to avoid detection. Also, our detection systems must be precise to ensure that legitimate viewers are appropriately counted.

Today, we’re introducing a new enforcement type that we plan to roll out over the next few weeks. For channels identified as persistently viewbotting, we will apply a cap to the streamer’s CCV for a fixed period of time, on all of the Twitch surfaces. The cap will be based upon historical data regarding that creator’s non-viewbotted traffic. Repeated violations will result in longer penalties. Streamers will be notified when an enforcement is applied, along with the duration of the penalty, and can appeal through the appeals portal.

While streamers will be notified, we will not make a follow-on announcement when we begin issuing these enforcements, and will not publicly share details about when and where these enforcements are applied. Unfortunately, providing details simply makes it easier for companies to work around our interventions.

We believe this approach will help us make meaningful progress against viewbotting. We will continue refining our systems and expand when we apply these enforcements over time.

- Dan Clancy

[Thom @ThomSwann]

All these "open source" projects that just use yt-dlp under the hood need to stop. You don't need a project to download video. Its a one line command that AI already knows.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

This is exciting!

[Genesis AI @gs_ai_]

We are back. After one year of quiet building.

Introducing GENE-26.5, our first robotic brain that takes a major step toward human-level capability.

For years, robotics has struggled to learn from the world’s largest and valuable data source: Humans.

Solving it means rethinking the whole stack from the ground up:

- A robotics-native foundation model.
- A 1:1 human-like robotic hand.
- A noninvasive data collection glove for motion, force, and touch.
- A simulator that turns weeks of experiments into minutes.

GENE-26.5 is trained across language, vision, proprioception, tactile, and action. We designed a set of tasks to test how far we can go with this new paradigm.

Fully autonomous, 1x speed, one model, same weights. (Enjoy with sound on)

We are approaching the endgame for robotics.

And this is just a beginning.

[Thom @ThomSwann]

Looking for folks with access to SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data. If you have imagery from that or other geospatial related datasets reach out to me for a very interesting opportunity.

[Joseph Sottile 🌊 | Diffraction @Joesott]

🚨🚨Creator Opportunity💸💸

If you’re a content creator whose audience + you are going to be watching + have experience with influencer marketing campaigns

I have a top tech/privacy client looking to activate around World Cup content and communities who love it.

Is that you?👇🏽

[Thom @ThomSwann]

We need more AI safety in this world.