AI neolabs raised huge sums. Most have little to show
The Economist's warning to AI neolabs: start producing results, or face a reckoning.

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The Economist's warning to AI neolabs: start producing results, or face a reckoning.
SpaceX is expanding its satellite fleet on a contrarian bet that robotics, not people, will fuel the next surge in connectivity demand.
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