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Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, which makes robots to inspect infrastructure, raised a $125M Series D at a $1.25B valuation, up from $633M in December 2023 (Ian Thomas/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/gecko-robotics-…

Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion
Gecko Robotics, which uses robots and AI to inspect and monitor critical infrastructure, has raised a $125 million, bringing its valuation to $1.25 billion.

DreamState - Lucid Dreaming - #DreamState #NowPlaying https://muz4now.com/2023/dreamstate-lu…

DreamState - Lucid Dreaming - #DreamState #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08161 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@ar…

The Monte Carlo Computational Summit -- October 25 & 26, 2023 -- Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
The Monte Carlo Computational Summit was held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA on 25--26 October 2023. The goals of the summit were to discuss algorithmic and software alterations required for successfully porting respective code bases to exascale-class computing hardware, compare software engineering techniques used by various code teams, and consider the adoption of industry-standard benchmark problems to better facilitate code-to-code performance comp…

University of Chicago Becker-Friedman Institute of Economics just published research this April 2025 of how Generative AI has had "almost no significant wage or labor impact so far".
✅ Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

"Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries"
#Gaza #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange