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Part I: The Gala, the Suburbs, and the “Months Behind” Myth in LLM Labs
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robot flex, tech science parks, the supply chain of LLMs, post-training, data arbitrage
Part I: The Gala, the Suburbs, and the “Months Behind” Myth in LLM Labs robot flex, tech science parks, the supply chain of LLMs, post-training, data arbitrage Grace Shao Feb 20, 2026 74 3 18 Share Hello! Over the last week, X has gone into a frenzy about the CCTV Spring Gala’s robotics shows. And tbh they were truly impressive in their agility, flexibility, and mobility. I’m resurfacing some old robotics pieces I’ve written and put under “Physical AI” on AI Proem. But I’m not going into details about that today, because even though these robots are impressive looking right now, I still don’t
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