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RoboBallet.

Quarks and gluons.

John Ellis
Sep 04, 2025
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1. Scientists have used artificial intelligence to choreograph teams of robots to work together without colliding, an advance that promises to boost the efficiency of car-making and other complex production lines. The system, known as RoboBallet, potentially allows machine troupes to plan their work faster and complete more tasks, according to research from UCL and Alphabet’s subsidiaries Google DeepMind and Intrinsic. The project shows how AI is driving efforts for industrial process optimization, as developers seek to solve long-standing problems of robot team members getting in each other’s way. (Sources: ft.com, deepmind.google, intrinsic.ai)


2. Just 10 technology stocks have accounted for 59% of the US stock market’s rally since 2019. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Nvidia, Palantir, and Tesla shares have rallied +295% since 2019. Together, they have accounted for a whopping +$16 trillion of the +$27 trillion added to the stock market during this period. By comparison, the rest of the Nasdaq has increased +55%, adding +$4.1 trillion. (Source: The Kobeissi Letter on x.com)


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