Moravec‘s Paradox

Shortly after the doors opened each day at the ongoing Canton Fair , every corner of the robotics and drone halls quickly filled to capacity, while the new energy pavilion remained densely packed with overseas buyers. Foreign buyers moved slowly between booths, live streaming their encounters with new tech products…

Updated : , ,   WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthropic on Wednesday told an appeals court that it can’t manipulate its artificial intelligence tool Claude once it is deployed in classified Pentagon military networks — an assertion aimed at debunking the Trump administration’s attempt to brand the rapidly growing technology company…

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile. Japanese electronics giant Sony built the robotic arm…

A robot built by Sony AI is rapidly learning how to beat the world's very best table tennis players...Read More

21 April 2026 By Oscar Arce, Karin Klieber, Michele Lenza, Joan Paredes Artificial intelligence (AI) can help track inflation risks in real time. A new ECB model based on machine learning informs experts how likely it is that inflation will be much higher or much lower than they expect. In…

When the robotics engineering field that Maja Matarić wanted to work in didn’t exist, she helped create it. In 2005 she helped define the new area of socially assistive robotics. As an associate professor of computer science, neuroscience, and pediatrics at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, she…

In Brief: Hotel industry coverage is centered on operators using artificial intelligence more deeply across core functions, as large groups move from pilot programs to enterprise-wide deployment in areas such as distribution, finance and franchise support. At the same time, competition is increasingly shaped by platform power and partnership-led scale,…

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Over the past week, xAI announced a range of product updates, including new speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs . It also increased some of its API charges and enabled collaborative work with OpenClaw . In addition, the platform is…

Navi Mumbai: Robotic watercrafts named "Robo Security" have been provided to three popular beaches - Nagaon (Alibag taluka), Kashid (Murud) and Harihareshwar (Shrivardhan) for security, and assist during emergency. The crafts can be used during monsoon. This was formally launched jointly by the district disaster management authority and the Nagaon…

Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi is now rolling out in Dallas & Houston 🤠” and includes a 14-second video showing Tesla vehicles driving without human monitors or drivers in the…