Artificial intelligence drives surge in U.S. natural gas power plants

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1.13 According to the Financial Times, the United States is on the cusp of a natural gas power plant construction boom as technology giants turn to fossil fuels to meet the huge electricity demand brought about by the artificial intelligence revolution. Energy consultancy Enverus says the U.S. will build as many as 80 new gas-fired power plants by 2030, adding 46 gigawatts of capacity — about the size of Norway’s power system and nearly 20% more than the amount added in the past five years. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to keep fossil fuels at the center of the U.S. economy, marking a reversal of previous forecasts of declining natural gas production capacity over the next five years.

4. Humanoid robots going shopping in Shenzhen are a hit! The athletic ability is as strong as that of a sports student. The estimated price is about 150,000 yuan and it will be commercially available in two months.

1.13 Recently, several videos of humanoid robots walking on instagram data the streets of Shenzhen went viral, setting off a wave of social media activity at home and abroad. Jim Fan, senior AI research scientist at Nvidia, exclaimed: "Is this real? Wasn't it really generated by Sora?"

It is reported that this robot is the flagship product launched by Shenzhen Zhongqing Robot Technology Co., Ltd. in October 2024. It is the first full-size humanoid robot, code-named SE01, and is positioned as an industrial robot. It uses a self-developed integrated harmonic joint module with a total of 32 degrees of freedom (12 in the hands and 8 in the arms). It is the world's first product to use an end-to-end neural network approach to improve the robot's gait to real-life standards. It is 170 cm tall, made of aviation-grade aluminum, weighs about 55 kg, and has a normal walking speed of 2 meters per second. It can perform human movements such as squatting, push-ups, walking in circles, grabbing, running and jumping, and has outstanding athleticism. The battery lasts two hours and has a service life of 10 years.