Rick Robinson

Metabot: Meta’s Humanoid Robotics Gamble Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed in an interview that Metabot is the company’s most ambitious new project since AR/VR - aiming to create the software backbone for humanoid robots rather than just build flashy machines. Is this an attempt to rotate quickly to

ChatGPT Gets Proactive With New Pulse Briefs As a young product makers 20 years ago there are two things I told a reporter I wanted in "bots": Do things on consumers' behalf and deliver results - e.g. scan job boards and dating sites and apply / reach out

Medicare Pilots AI Denials Starting January 2026, Medicare will pilot WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction), an AI-driven prior authorization system that screens requests for certain procedures and can deny care deemed “low-value.” The program will run until 2031 in Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington.

Altman Lays Out OpenAI’s Infrastructure Push OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post revealing plans to scale infrastructure capable of producing one gigawatt of AI capacity every week. He argues compute expansion isn’t just about revenue, but about unlocking breakthroughs in medicine, education, and more simultaneously - rather

Nvidia Fuels OpenAI’s Compute Chase Nvidia and OpenAI announced what’s being called the biggest AI infrastructure project in history. Nvidia will invest up to $100B, tied to the staged deployment of 10 GW worth of GPU systems into OpenAI’s data centers. The first 1 GW is expected

(Plus: Guest Essay - What Could Possibly Go Right?) 💼 Business & Strategy OpenAI’s Apple-Style Hardware Heist OpenAI is swiping dozens of Apple veterans (led by ex-Apple exec Tang Tan) and lining up iPhone manufacturers Luxshare and Goertek to build an AI-native device portfolio. Concepts under exploration include

Google's Gemini Chases Agentic Browsing Google is embedding Gemini directly into Chrome for U.S. desktop users. A new sidebar button lets you pull multi-tab context into a single chat, and an AI Mode in the address bar will support multi-part questions and follow-ups right

Meta’s Glasses Get Smarter At Meta Connect, Meta introduced Ray-Ban Display glasses, an athlete-focused Oakley Meta Vanguard, and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 - plus a wrist-worn Neural Band that reads subtle muscle signals to control UI without awkward voice prompts. Gen 2 adds an 8-hour

📈 Business & Strategy Google’s Protocol For AI Agents To Make Purchases Google introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open framework that lets AI agents make purchases with auditable, user-approved “mandates.” Real-time buys require a signed Intent Mandate (search/selection) and Cart Mandate (checkout). Rails support cards,

📈 Business & Strategy OpenAI, Anthropic Reveal How People Actually Use AI OpenAI and Anthropic shared fresh usage data: ChatGPT now sees a majority of personal queries (up from last year), while Claude leans coding-heavy and more use at work. Adoption is accelerating in lower-income countries for ChatGPT, whereas