Pierre-Alexandre Balland (@pa_balland) 's Twitter Profile
Pierre-Alexandre Balland

@pa_balland

Chief Data Scientist @CEPS_thinktank & Visiting Prof. @HarvardGrwthLab. Previously: Utrecht Uni, MIT Media Lab, UCLA

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Hugging Face (@huggingface) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super happy to announce that we are acquiring Pollen Robotics to bring open-source robots to the world! 🤖 Since Remi Cadene joined us from Tesla, we’ve become the most widely used software platform for open robotics thanks to LeRobot and the Hugging Face Hub. Now, we’re

Super happy to announce that we are acquiring <a href="/pollenrobotics/">Pollen Robotics</a> to bring open-source robots to the world! 🤖

Since <a href="/RemiCadene/">Remi Cadene</a> joined us from Tesla, we’ve become the most widely used software platform for open robotics thanks to <a href="/LeRobotHF/">LeRobot</a> and the Hugging Face Hub. Now, we’re
Enrico Letta (@enricoletta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Keeping our system fragmented in 27 small national markets we will only make happy the giants,🇺🇸🇨🇳 and the BRICS. In Warsaw discussing with ⁦Polish presidency of the Council of the EU⁩ the implementation of the 🇪🇺 Single Market Report. The momentum of the economic integration is now.

Keeping our system fragmented in 27 small national markets we will only make happy the giants,🇺🇸🇨🇳 and the BRICS. In Warsaw discussing with ⁦<a href="/POLAND25EU/">Polish presidency of the Council of the EU</a>⁩ the implementation of the 🇪🇺 Single Market Report. The momentum of the economic integration is now.
Jostein Hauge (@haugejostein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This brilliant chart explains why Xi has more leverage than Trump in the trade war. It's pretty simple: China exports high-tech goods to the US, while the US exports low-tech goods to China. China can replace its imports from the US more easily than the other way around.

This brilliant chart explains why Xi has more leverage than Trump in the trade war.

It's pretty simple: China exports high-tech goods to the US, while the US exports low-tech goods to China.

China can replace its imports from the US more easily than the other way around.
CEPS ThinkTank (@ceps_thinktank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Struggling to keep up with the torrent of policy documents, declarations, strategies, laws and regulations, and court cases that are relevant to the digital world? To help make sense of all this, we have published a new dataset that provides a comprehensive overview of: 🔹

Struggling to keep up with the torrent of policy documents, declarations, strategies, laws and regulations, and court cases that are relevant to the digital world? 

To help make sense of all this, we have published a new dataset that provides a comprehensive overview of:

🔹
Google AI (@googleai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, in collaboration w/ colleagues at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), we report the first-ever method for using light microscopy to comprehensively map all the neurons & their connections in a block of mouse brain tissue. More →goo.gle/4maUNUs

Today, in collaboration w/ colleagues at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), we report the first-ever method for using light microscopy to comprehensively map all the neurons &amp; their connections in a block of mouse brain tissue. More →goo.gle/4maUNUs
Max Tegmark (@tegmark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This Singapore conference was an amazing AI safety comeback after the Paris flop: great consensus between a who's who from the US, China, top companies, AISI's, etc on what safety research needs to get done: aisafetypriorities.org

This Singapore conference was an amazing AI safety comeback after the Paris flop:  great consensus between a who's who from the US, China, top companies, AISI's, etc on what safety research needs to get done: aisafetypriorities.org
RoboHub🤖 (@xrobohub) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chinese tech giant Huawei has made its first investment in the embodied intelligence sector. Completed by its investment arm, Hubble Investment, this move signals Huawei is increasing its strategic focus on the humanoid robot sector. Spirit AI (千寻智能) added a new investor

Ricardo Hausmann (@ricardo_hausman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Como las brujas de Salem, Donald Trump está luchando contra cosas que no existen. Estados Unidos no tiene un déficit externo, sino la capacidad de crear conocimientos rentables. La guerra a la ciencia puede crear un verdadero deficit. eleconomista.es/opinion/notici…

Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another huge week of AI and robotics news. So, I summarized everything from OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, FutureHouse, Mistral, Unitree, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Hugging Face, and more. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:

AI World (@aiworld_eu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 👉 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟐𝟎 This week, AI startups and companies raised about ~$1.3 billion of funding to drive further AI innovation. Here are the key highlights: 🇮🇱 AI21 Labs ~ $300M AI21 Labs specialises in developing AI systems for

Pierre-Alexandre Balland (@pa_balland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is indeed an overestimation of US tech & talent. Same for top school. We perceive EU tech as much more superior than it is in reality. Constant EU bashing does not help & the US is just really good at branding, marketing & selling. Times are changing, though.

Ricardo Hausmann (@ricardo_hausman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Weaponizing all government processes against private institutions to force them to bend the knee to the President is the specialty of LatAm leftist dictators. If what the government of Donald J. Trump is trying to do to the Harvard community is not illegal, it should be.

CEPS ThinkTank (@ceps_thinktank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🕊️ What happens when the war ends? With almost 10% of Ukrainian’s population now living in the EU, Europe must prepare beyond the plans of Temporary Protection. Michael Emerson’s latest report offers clear insights into the various policy options available. READ IT HERE 👉

🕊️ What happens when the war ends?

With almost 10% of Ukrainian’s population now living in the EU, Europe must prepare beyond the plans of Temporary Protection. Michael Emerson’s latest report offers clear insights into the various policy options available.

READ IT HERE 👉
Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  (@fietsprofessor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'We cannot change; we are not #Amsterdam!!1!' Anne Hidalgo, mayor of #Paris: 'Hold my🍷+🥖!' 🚲 +180km new bike paths. 🌳 +200.000 new trees. 🅿️ -60.000 parking spots 🚗 -40% car traffic. 🤸‍♀️ +200 car free school streets. The results are already stunning!

CEPS ThinkTank (@ceps_thinktank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 Did you miss our recent discussion panel? 📡🌍 Aligned with the launch of the new International Digital Strategy, we examined the future of the EU’s digital leadership and tech diplomacy. Combining experts from European institutions, think tank research, and the private

📣 Did you miss our recent discussion panel?

📡🌍 Aligned with the launch of the new International Digital Strategy, we examined the future of the EU’s digital leadership and tech diplomacy.

Combining experts from European institutions, think tank research, and the private