Welcome (back) to AI Minds, a newsletter about the brainy and sometimes zany world of AI, brought to you by the Deepgram editorial team.

In this edition:

• 🤖 Video: Is Unitree’s $16,000 Humanoid Robot Worth It?

• 👻 The Scary Side of Agentic AI: Harms and Trepidations

• 🏥 Clinical Applications of ML in Robotic Surgery

• 🛠️ Virtual Workshop! How to Build Voice AI Agents at Scale

• 🎨 Is Flux Overhyped? Tutorial and Deep-dive into Elon’s Image Generator

• 📈 Why Agentic AI is Such a Big Deal

• 🐦Social Media Buzz: Paul Graham Corrects Elon Musk on Twitter

• 💰 AI Startup Founder Shares Strategies for Scaling and Outmaneuvering Big Tech

• 📲 3 Trending, New AI Apps for You!

• 📝 Free Transcription Tool using Speech-to-Text AI

• 🎙️ AI Minds Podcast with Abheek Pandoh, CEO of Knowt Inc.

Thanks for letting us crash your inbox; let’s party. 🎉

🎥  Is the $16k Humanoid Robot Worth It?

Unitree—the Chinese equivalent of Boston Dynamics—just released a new video of its G1 robot. This new robot can be punched, pushed, and danced with. But is it worth its $16k price tag? Watch the video to decide!

🧑‍🔬 The Scary Side of Agentic AI and Clinical Applications of ML in Robotic Surgery

Harms from Increasingly Agentic Algorithmic Systems - Innovations in Machine Learning (ML) develop faster than humans’ understanding of ML’s impacts. This paper highlights the increasingly evident fact that ML systems are not fully under human control. To learn how Agentic AI can be scary, click the link above!

Clinical applications of artificial intelligence in robotic surgery - This paper outlines recent contributions of AI to the field of robotic surgery, with a particular focus on “intraoperative enhancement.” AI modeling is allowing surgeons to have advanced intraoperative metrics such as force and tactile measurements, enhanced detection of positive surgical margins, and even allowing for the complete automation of certain steps in surgical procedures.

💻 Virtual Workshop: Building Voice AI Agents at Scale with Deepgram & Groq

Master building voice AI agents in this practical, hands-on workshop hosted by Deepgram and Groq. Limited time: get 20% off with code AUGAI20 until 08/31. Sign up

When: Friday, September 20th | 9AM - 12PM PT

Where: Zoom

🏇 Is Flux Overhyped? And Why Is Agentic AI Such a Big Deal?

Is Flux Overhyped? How to Run Flux Locally - Flux.1 was released this year from Black Forest Labs as the diffusion model behind Elon Musk’s Grok’s image generator. There’s rumors that it may replace Stable Diffusion as the reigning champion of image-generation AI. Is this going to be another controversial Elon-fueled endeavor? Find out here!

Why Agentic AI is Such A Big Deal - During an AI conference in Vegas, AI expert and engineer Jose Francisco consistently heard the term “Agentic AI.” Without using Google, he set himself out on a mission to find out why. This article explains what people mean when they refer to “Agentic AI” in a face-to-face conversation.

🐝 Social Media Buzz: Paul Graham Corrects Elon Musk

🧠 Deepgram Founder Shares Strategies for Scaling and Outmaneuvering Big Tech

Madrona Managing Director Karan Mahandru and Scott Stephenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Deepgram, dive into the realities of building a foundational AI company. 

Since Deepgram builds its models and modalities from scratch, there exist a few challenges many people—even experienced entrepreneurs and engineers—may not anticipate.

All of those secrets are revealed here.

📲 Trending AI Apps for you!

Berries is a cutting-edge AI scribe designed explicitly for mental health professionals. This innovative tool aims to alleviate the burden of documentation by automating the note-taking process, allowing the clinians to focus more on their patients.

PinMyApp revolutionizes the way individuals and teams annotate and collaborate on images, videos, screenshots, and PDFs by allowing users to pin voice and text comments directly onto visuals. This innovative tool is designed to eliminate guesswork and ensure clarity in feedback, making it an indispensable resource for professionals across various industries.

AI Room Planner is an interior design tool that uses artificial intelligence to generate hundreds of design ideas for any room in your home. It's a free online service that allows you to visualize different interior design styles for your living room, bedroom, kitchen, or other spaces.

📝 Free Transcription Forever! New Speech-to-Text AI Tool

Looking for a simple way to convert speech to text? Deepgram's free transcription tool is your ultimate solution. Whether it's conversations, audio files, or YouTube videos, our advanced AI transcription tool supports over 36 languages and dialects, making it the best free AI transcription tool available online. Discover how easy and efficient transcription can be with our tool.

🎤 The AI Minds Podcast!

Last but not least, we have the AI Minds Podcast! In this episode, Abheek Pandoh, CEO of Knowt Inc., discusses his journey from a high school project to leading an EdTech revolution with Knowt. He highlights the platform's AI-driven features and its impact on modern education.