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🎙️ EP 354: Figure Crosses 86K Weekly Active Users & Cognition Releases SWE-2 Coding Model
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- Sep 14, 2026
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- 928
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Summary
Robotics company Figure announced that its crowdsourced video collection network, Index, has grown to 86,000 weekly active users, ingesting over 30 seconds of real-world human task video per second to train its Helix embodied AI model. Meanwhile, Cognition released SWE-2, delivering near-frontier benchmark results on FrontierCode 1.1 and DeepSWE at 64% lower computational cost than rival models. We’ll talk about: Figure scaling its physical data pipeline with over 16 million uploaded video clips across 108 countries to power zero-shot manipulation in its Helix AI stack. Cognition fine-tuning a 2.8T MoE architecture to achieve 50.0% on FrontierCode 1.1 and 92.8% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 at a fraction of frontier token costs. Anthropic implementing stricter age checks for Claude access, using automated detection to pause access for suspected underage users pending identity verification. Federal agencies transitioning to paid tier consumption for OpenAI services following the conclusion of $1 trial contracts, backed by a 50% government discount. Keywords: Figure Index robot, AI Helix, Cognition SWE 2, Claude age verification. Links: Newsletter: Sign up for our FREE daily newsletter. Our Community: Get 3-level AI tutorials across industries. Join AI Fire Academy: 700+ advanced AI workflows ($14,500+ Value) Our Socials: Facebook Group: Join 299K+ AI builders X (Twitter): Follow us for daily AI drops YouTube: Watch AI walkthroughs & tutorials