The Download: a humanoid cleans house and Samsung builds for the AI boom

This is today’s edition of The Download our weekday newsletter that supplies an everyday dosage of what’s going on the planet of innovation.

I viewed a humanoid robotic tidy my house. It seemed like a taste of the future.

— Grace Huckins

When I saw an X post about a brand-new humanoid-robot cleaning company in San Francisco, I instantly registered for the waitlist. I desired my house to seem like The Jetsonseven if simply for an hour.

The gadget that reached my structure comes from Tau Robotics, a regional start-up. Its long-lasting objective is to make self-governing cleansing robotics a truth, however the innovation isn’t rather there. In the meantime, human beings pilot the robotics from another location, seeing them overcome onboard electronic cameras.

There were some unforeseen obstacles along the method, however likewise minutes that seemed like a glance of the future.

Discover how well the maker cleaned my home– and how close we are to genuinely self-governing domestic robotics.

A see to Samsung’s huge brand-new semiconductor center

Generative AI designs depend upon stacks of specialized memory chips. To fulfill skyrocketing need, Samsung is developing a large brand-new semiconductor production school in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

I went to the vast school south of Seoul, where 3 fabs currently run all the time, a 4th is coming online, and countless employees are racing to construct a 5th.

Step inside the large chipmaking complex powering the AI boom.

— Michelle Kim

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The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to discover you today’s most fun/important/scary/ interesting stories about innovation.

1 Almost $2.5 trillion has actually been rubbed out tech stocks
The Nasdaq suffered its worst day given that April 2025 in the middle of worries of an AI downturn. (CNN
+ The Magnificent Seven lost over $1 trillion. (WSJ $)
+ Tesla and SpaceX lost over $420 billion integrated. (CNBC
+ Wall Street’s AI sell-off has actually infected Asia and Europe. (WP $)
+ The AI stock bubble might lastly be rupturing. (FEET $)
+ What even is the AI bubble? (MIT Technology Review)

2 Emboldened Democrats are lining up to control Big Tech
They’re preparing to transport tech CEOs before Congress. (Verge
+ Bernie Sanders desires a nationwide information center moratorium. (Quartz
+ Yassamin Ansari prepares to stop briefly sophisticated AI advancement. (CNBC
+ The reaction might postpone Anthropic’s IPO. (Reuters $)
+ No one desires an information center in their yard. (MIT Technology Review)

3 The United States has actually cautioned of an “continuous cyber danger” to refrigerators
A wave of hacks has actually struck business freezers. (Reuters $)
+ Russia has actually rejected claims it’s behind the attacks. (Politico

4 AI is assisting Anthropic’s designs enhance almost two times as quick
Scientists state Claude is accelerating its followers.(Information $)
+ But recursive self-improvement will require time. (MIT Technology Review)

5 Scientists have brand-new proof of active volcanoes on Mars
They might increase opportunities of discovering life on earth. (BBC

Brand-new analysis locations their worth at as much as $64 trillion. (New Scientist $)

7 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is altering the ocean’s color
The notorious particles has actually lightened up the water. (Scientific American

8 NASA has actually revealed a mystical brand-new speculative airplane
The X-70 is anticipated to fly within 2 years. (Ars Technica

9 Elon Musk has actually signified completion for the Cybertruck
Tesla is unwinding production in Texas next year. (FEET $)
+ It was among in 2015’s most significant tech flops. (MIT Technology Review)

10 Three-hour films have actually sent out audiences hurrying to a pee break app
7,000 RunPee users registered for You Can See Everything(WSJ $)

Quote of the day

“The steamroller showed up today.”

— Jim Carroll, a senior wealth consultant at Ballast Rock Private Wealth, informs Reuters how financiers feel as the AI trade unravels and $2.5 trillion is rubbed out tech stocks.

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