Can Robots Police Themselves?

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Happy Wednesday, Future Party. In another wonderful bit of trolling Mark Zuckerberg (a growing trend), Snap CEO Evan Spiegel briefly listed his job on LinkedIn as “VP of product at Meta.” Of course, that’s poking fun at the fact that Meta has a curious reputation of consistently copying Snapchat features (Meta aggressively tried to acquire Snap in 2013 and 2016). Gotta love a beef.

Sports-products chain Dick’s Sporting Goods is expanding the footprint of its newest concept store, the massive “House of Sport,” which mixes traditional retail with several experiences to test out products and build community.

The Big Play: Most retail brands are shrinking their stores — both in size and number — to deal with inflation, slower consumer spending, and a focus on ecommerce. But the company doubling down on House of Sport is a bet that people do want to shop in person… they just want the shopping trip to also be a fun experience.

Behind the Curtain: While Dick’s first House of Sport in Victor, NY, was double the size of one of its typical stores, executive chairman Ed Stack said, “Go bigger.”

Closing Thoughts: Dick’s is currently defying consumer-goods trends, just posting its largest-ever sales quarter. The company expects that to change this year because of… well, everything. But considering the buzzy upgrade to its stores, Dick’s may be drafting some long-term growth and tough-to-get customer loyalty.

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Google has developed an AI model that can control robots, blending language, vision, and physical-data training — allowing them to do physical tasks and, allegedly, make decisions about their behavior to guard against doing something unsafe.

Why It Hits: As chatbots take over the mainstream, robotics is seen as the final frontier of AI. Several companies are racing for dominance — Google, OpenAI, Tesla, Anthropic, Figure, etc. — and whoever is the first to roll out a fully-autonomous robotic workforce may print an untold amount of money.

Behind the Code: Google’s “Gemini Robotics” is being touted as the cutting-edge system to get robots to accomplish any task… legally speaking.

The Future: Google is already working with robotics firms like Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, and Enchanted Tools to test the software. Although Google robotics lead Carolina Parada says that the company doesn’t have any plans to commercialize the tech, Google is rarely in the business of keeping a moneymaker private (especially after playing catch-up with OpenAI and chatbots)... so expect there to be a big “yet” to be silently added to the end of Parada’s claim.

Google would love to create the Android of robotics.

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61.6% of you voted No in yesterday’s poll: Have you ever traveled to a destination because it was featured in a movie or TV show?

“I was already at the destination but then visited a tiki bar and an after-hours restaurant because Bourdain had been there.”

“Technically, I haven’t yet, but we added a specific castle to our plans in Scotland because parts of Monty Python and the Holy Grail were filmed there.”

“Crazy Rich Asians definitely influenced my Singapore trip.”

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🖋️ After Google and OpenAI sent a letter to the White House asking permission to train on copyrighted materials, the entertainment industry penned its own letter to fight back.

🍸 Adam Levine and Derek Jeter have invested in AMASS Brands Group, a health-conscious spirits company that has recently opened an exclusive opportunity for the public to become shareholders.

🎧 Paid-streaming subscribers crossed the 100 million threshold for the first time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

🛡️ Google has acquired cloud-security startup Wiz for $32 billion — the company’s biggest-ever acquisition.

🛰️ Startup Muon Space and nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance have launched the first satellite of a proposed constellation that will be used to detect wildfires on Earth.

🚗 Most of Elon Musk’s wealth no longer comes from Tesla after the automaker’s stock has crashed over 50% in recent weeks.

📱 Oracle is reportedly considering taking a small equity stake in TikTok’s US operations and providing security guarantees for whoever does take control.

💰 Facebook will allow users to start monetizing publicly available Stories.

👀 Reddit will let users hide ads on the platform… well, for at least a year.