16 October 2026
RJ Scaringe says robots are advancing faster than expected
First reported
Big Technology and Tech.eu ran this on , all on the same day.
- Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says robotics is progressing much faster than most people expect.
- He says robots are learning general skills using transformer models, the same kind of AI behind chatbots.
- His company Mind Robotics builds factory robots that manufacturers buy and that are trained on Rivian plant data.
Our read
Only Big Technology among the 30 tracked newsletters covered this story, first reported 2026-10-16 with Tech.eu also carrying it. Our archive's earlier item on this thread is the 2026-09-04 story on an AI model solving a visual puzzle benchmark faster than expected.
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