EP 59 : Household Robots, Protein Research, GPT-4.5 and Startup Funding

Figure unveils its new AI system, Helix, for household robots, enabling them to understand speech and handle unseen objects. Microsoft's BioEmu-1 AI dramatically speeds up protein research, generating structures 100,000x faster. Google's AI co-scientist matches decade-long superbug research in just 48 hours. Plus, Crunchbase's AI predicts startup success, and Hugging Facereleases a tiny VLM. OpenAI's GPT-4.5 may arrive soon. Stay updated on the latest AI news, tools, and breakthroughs