A global outage disrupted service for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, three major AI chatbot platforms. ^[1] The author asserts that while AI has made rapid progress in knowledge work, physical robots remain mostly confined to test facilities and demo videos rather than real-world deployment. ^[2] Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT), an external group of trustees, controls the majority of the company's board of directors. ^[3] Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind the Claude chatbot, is planning an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $2 trillion. ^[4] The author argues that the control problem for robots is as challenging as physical construction, requiring the ability to find joint positions for grasping objects and plan sequences for tasks like folding shirts. ^[5] The author states that computer vision has made strides but remains unsolved for complicated visual scenes, such as picking objects from crowded environments or determining safe footing. ^[6] The author states that current robot hands are a pale imitation of the human hand, which possesses roughly two dozen degrees of freedom and approximately 17,000 tactile sensors. ^[7] Anthropic plans to preserve the LTBT's role after its stock market debut. ^[8] The LTBT holds no equity in Anthropic but has significant influence over the company. ^[9]