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AI weekly roundup — Codex Micro controller, LingBot-Map, robot MMA

stics.ai · 2026-07-23T13:26:56.000Z · in AI Saves, Vol. 8
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AI weekly roundup — Codex Micro controller, LingBot-Map, robot MMA
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50k ft — Why care?

Carousel of the week's AI news: OpenAI's $230 Codex Micro agent controller, China's robot MMA fight, Netflix using gen AI in ~300 productions, GPT-5.6 driving Blender via Blender MCP, open-source LingBot-Map building real-time 3D maps from video without LiDAR, free Claude for K-12 teachers, and Claude Fable 5 going permanent.
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10k ft — Key takeaways

• Blender MCP lets an LLM build full 3D scenes • LingBot-Map gives LiDAR-free 3D mapping from plain video at ~20 FPS

5k ft — Tools & techniques

Anthropic, Blender, Blender MCP, Claude, Codex Micro, LingBot-Map, OpenAI 3D reconstruction, MCP server, code generation

1k ft — Deep-dive / try it

Another huge week for AI. Here are the biggest developments from the past seven days: • OpenAI unveiled its first hardware product, a $230 controller designed to manage AI coding agents. • China hosted what was described as the world’s first robot MMA competition, featuring humanoid machines in full-contact fights. • Netflix has reportedly used AI across more than 300 movies and shows this year to accelerate production and visual effects. • A first-time Blender user created an entire 3D scene with just one AI prompt. • China released an open-source model capable of rebuilding detailed 3D environments from ordinary video footage. • Anthropic is giving teachers free premium access to Claude, expanding the use of AI in classrooms. • Tasks that once required an entire startup team can i…
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[slide 0] Lose is the one [slide 1] You can now take your codex work to the next level with the codex micro, a keyboard built with the team at work louder specifically for codex. I honestly can't imagine building without it anymore. To show you how it works I'm going to use GPT 5.6 sole in codex to build a little word game and steer the entire process from the micro. Let's start with voice dictation. I can hold this key and start talking to codex. Build a browser game called one letter off, players change one letter at a time to turn the word cold to warm at a 30-second timer, streaks and satisfying tile animations. The whole prompt appears without me touching my laptop keyboard. I can configure the analog stick at the top to map to the most common skills that I use or by default swipe it up to use plan modes. With the dial I can control the reasoning effort to quickly switch between a quick task and deeper reasoning without breaking [slide 2] 逗牛是不会又晕了吗 变得倒地 但逗牛是很快进行的还击 没开三度我得追 双方势均力敌 我感觉 他晕了 逗牛是受到重创 摇头晃脑中 逗牛是还能坚持吗 逗牛是他还在 太顽强了 逗牛是他还在坚持 但我觉得这个需要裁判的 一下判定了 我觉得这个体育精神是 可歌可泣 体育精神这一块 还真是 很厉害 我们看得出来这个逗牛是的主创团队 真的很用心了 现在有怎样的优势呢 我头掉了就踢不到了 少了一个得分部位 [slide 6] I'm Zach. I teach high school in San Francisco. Nothing matters more than knowing where my students really are. But the scores, the attendance, my own notes all live in different places. And pulling them together usually costs me a weekend. So I point Cloud for Teachers at the one folder where all my class data lives and give it the…

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