Circus Group’s CA-1 AI robot autonomously cooks 120 meals per hour in 7m², slashing labor by 95% with 1-hour daily oversight. Powered by CircusOS, it manages 36 silos, induction pots, robotic arms for plating, and self-cleaning via Winterhalter dishwasher. Deployed in REWE supermarkets for grab-and-go consistency.
Metas AI chats now fuel personalized feeds on Facebook and Instagram. From Dec 16, interactions shape ads and content, hiking engagement via precise targeting. No opt-out, sparking privacy backlash, but boosting revenue as AI scans prompts for interests like hiking gear.
Bitchat revolutionizes messaging via Bluetooth mesh networks, no internet or servers needed. Jack Dorseys brainchild enables peer-to-peer chats hopping devices up to 300m, with end-to-end encryption and ephemeral IDs. Ideal for protests, disasters, censorship zones, it champions sovereignty but faces battery hurdles.
Each ChatGPT query costs $0.36 in compute, plus water, power, hardware. OpenAI burns $700K daily on inference amid 100M users, subsidizing free tiers. Massive training ($100M+), GPUs, cooling reveal AI’s hidden economics, challenging profitability.
Semiconductors power everything from AI to missiles, making them the oil of modern geopolitics. TSMC dominates 90% advanced chips, Taiwan a flashpoint in US-China chip wars. Export bans, subsidies escalate as nations race for fab independence, risking shortages that halt economies.
Music NFTs tokenize royalties, letting fans invest in hits like fractional ownership. Platforms like Sound.xyz, Royal yield streaming shares, bypassing labels for direct artist-fan revenue. $3.65B market eyes $26B by 2033 at 30% CAGR, revolutionizing creator economics.