Moravec‘s Paradox

Record-breaking robot races are less substantial than household chore challenges. An Honor humanoid robot breaks into pieces as it runs next to two Tian Gong Ultras, center and left, in the second heat of the large robot category of the 100 meter at the 2nd World Robot Games at National…

Humanoid robots are carried off the track after competing in the 100m race during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating…

Police forces in England and Wales have been told to pause some uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in criminal justice work, including preparing court statements. The intervention follows concerns that commercial AI systems are being used in situations where accuracy, provenance and accountability are critical. Author Simon Thorne Senior…

Robot don run pass human for 100m race. For World Humanoid Robot Games wey dey China, one humanoid robot finish 100m for 9.39 seconds. This one pass Usain Bolt im world record of 9.58 seconds wey e set for 2009 for World Athletics Championships for Berlin. Bolt na eight-time Olympic…

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The big picture: Saudi Arabia just made its boldest move yet in the global artificial intelligence race. HUMAIN, an AI firm that the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) majority-owns, unveiled its first consumer device: the Horizon Pro. Chief Executive Officer Tareq Amin announced on social media. Why it matters: The…

A young boy walks atop mounds of snow white marble dust at a marble-waste dumping yard, which has become an unlikely tourist attraction in Kishangarh, India (Image credit: Himanshu Sharma / AFP / Getty Images) A vendor lifts a peacock at the Pet Market in Baghdad, Iraq (Image credit: Hadi…

AI agents and robots may increasingly drive blockchain activity as autonomous systems need transaction infrastructure, says Chainlink’s McCormick Advances in AI could cheapen blockchain development, producing many interconnected chains where cross-chain interoperability becomes essential. Humanoid robots may eventually use stablecoins and blockchains to communicate and transact within physical work environments.…

When an LLM answers a question, is it reasoning like humans, or just producing text that looks like reasoning? The distinction isn’t just philosophical, this determines what we can trust AI to do, how closely we need to supervise it, and ultimately what its real-world impact will turn out to…