The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter

kept by eddie jul 23

Anthropic held spring acquisition talks with robotics startup Physical Intelligence, which denied the rumor, amid both firms' aggressive buying sprees and IPO preparations.

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Physical Intelligence's new π0.7 model can direct robots to perform unfamiliar tasks by combining learned skills, surprising its own researchers.
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Microsoft lowered sales growth targets for AI agent products after salespeople missed quotas, signaling enterprise customer resistance.
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DeepSeek is raising over $7 billion from investors as it begins efforts to generate revenue.
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