Fei-Fei Li is an AI researcher and the founder and CEO of World Labs. Recent coverage centers on the company: AMD agreed to acquire World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock deal, and World Labs introduced Atlas, a world model that generates 3D environments for robotics, design and science, while hiring robot-learning researchers. Li has also spoken about spatial intelligence and keeping humans in control of AI.
Our latest work in closing the last-mile gap on long horizon robotics tasks. [Quoting @wensi_ai]: Long-horizon, whole-body robot policies still fail during deployment. How do we best close this last-mile gap? 🤖 🚨 Introducing I3L: Iterative Interactive Imita…
US Series B funding rises but deal count fallsCrunchbase data shows roughly $48 billion has gone into US Series B-stage financings this year, a multiyear high, while round counts are below year-ago levels and heading for a multiyear low. About two-thirds of the money went to AI startups; rounds of $100 million or more made up roughly a quarter of deals, led by Prometheus at $12 billion.
Every one of my mathematician friend sees beauty in the numbers, shapes and the natural phenomena they work with. Who defines beauty in the age of machines?🤔
Ex-ByteDance Intern's AI Lab Valued at $200MFormer ByteDance intern Tian Keyu raised nearly $30 million from 5Y Capital and IDG Capital for a stealth world-models lab, valuing it at $200 million post-investment. The unnamed company, which has no product yet, targets the field championed by Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun, building AI that simulates real-world physics for robotics, interactive video and autonomous driving.
AMD to buy World Labs for $8.2B; Anthropic preps IPOBloomberg reports AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in an $8.2B all-stock deal to bet on world models, while Anthropic reportedly warns of existential risks to humanity in its IPO prospectus, alongside the launch of America.gov.
AMD to buy World Labs for $8.2BAMD agreed to acquire AI startup World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at $8.2 billion to strengthen its AI capabilities. The transaction is expected to close by year-end, pending regulatory approvals.
The goal of building any technology, AI included, should be bettering human lives and society. [Quoting @BloombergTV]: “Any threat to human society, including existential, is within ourselves,” says World Labs Technologies CEO Fei-Fei Li as she discusses the…
Fei-Fei Li: AI's Future Is 'About Humans'AI pioneer and World Labs CEO Fei-Fei Li discussed Atlas, the company's new world model that understands and generates 3D environments for robotics, design and science. She sees spatial intelligence as a frontier beyond language models and argues humans must stay in control, with benchmarks, academia, government and industry all involved in evaluating powerful systems.
World model companies keep product plans under wrapsWorld-model firms are attracting cash and buzz but stay secretive about their products and commercialization paths. AMI Labs co-founder Michael Rabbat said the company is still in a research and building phase and won't discuss product plans or timelines; World Labs' Marble is among the most developed products and its demos are largely capability showcases. The tech centers on automating spatial intelligence, with potential in robotics, interactive video and self-driving.
Agents can be AI, but agency is human. It is every individual’s responsibility to empower our own agency, with the help of tools. But the North Star should always remain human centered.
Incredible opportunity for robotic learning researchers/engineers to join @theworldlabs! ❤️🔥 [Quoting @YunzhuLiYZ]: We're hiring in robot learning at @theworldlabs! Join me, @drfeifei, and the team to define and scale the next generation of world models for…
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