Tech 🃏 Jester’s Take

so the safety metric is how far the kid gets before it's too late.

Can Safeworld Convince People That Gen AI Robots Won't Hurt Them?

Carnegie Mellon robotics professor Ding Zhao, former startup executive Kyle Wong and engineer Simo Rachidi launched Safeworld, a company that stress-tests generative-AI robot control systems inside simulations populated by realistic human models, checking things like stopping distance around factory blind corners. It exits stealth with over $12 million in seed funding led by Shine Capital and a16z Speedrun, with Box Group, Carnegie Mellon's endowment, Innovation Endeavors and SV Angel participating. a16z's Jonathan Lai argues safety standards must exist before household robots collide with kids; Zhao claims Safeworld will be the field's first profitable company because anyone deploying robots will have to pay it.