Chinese-born American computer scientist; Stanford professor and AI pioneer
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has argued data centers in space offer little cost benefit and that the AI race will be decided by Earth-based compute. He cites power costs, transport, and delays as barriers to orbital data centers, while emphasising the ongoing importance of on-Earth infrastructure.
AI researchers push beyond language models toward embodied intelligence. World models aim to teach AI agents to react in physical environments, with robotics data pipelines and real-world testing becoming the focus for the next frontier.
Tech layoffs persist amid mass AI adoption, with industry workers reporting burnout and shifting career plans as companies trial new evaluation methods for AI usage.