Moravec‘s Paradox

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A Waymo robotaxi drives outside of San Francisco in this image provided by Waymo. The company has issued multiple recalls on vehicles in its autonomous driving fleet. Waymo Nearly 4,000 Waymo vehicles, the company’s entire fleet of fifth-generation robotaxis, are affected by a new recall issued this month by the National…

Opinion I am a competent barbecuer and a reluctant everything-else. I can feed my family, but I wouldn’t call most of it cooking, and I definitely wouldn’t call it fun, even with a glass of red wine in one hand. So when three of the kitchen’s most-hyped connected appliances landed…

Mallika Boonmeetrakul Mahasuk (photo from her Facebook page) Bangkok governor candidate Mallika Boonmeetrakul Mahasuk pledged to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle traffic congestion and flooding, while rival Anucha Burapachaisri of the Democrat Party vowed to overhaul Bangkok's waste-collection system as campaigning intensified in the final week before the June…

People have been talking about AI agents and AI-powered robots coming for our jobs for a while now, but who would have thought that not even street beggars would be spared? According to multiple news reports, humanoid robots have taken up begging as of late, encroaching on the turf of…

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On 19 April 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by 7 minutes and the best robot time from 2025 by almost 2 hours. How did Honor do it? Is there some magical technology or technique that…

To feed a wave of robot-training datasets, Indian workers like Nagireddy Sriramyachandra film everyday actions with head-mounted smartphones for about 250 rupees (roughly $2.40) an hour. Companies including Objectways and Bangalore-based Humyn Lab turn this egocentric footage into training labels as investors size a humanoid-robot market at about $38 billion…

The US Data Center Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Market is experiencing rapid growth as AI-powered battery platforms redefine the way energy is managed across modern digital infrastructure. The increasing adoption of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing, and hyperscale data centers has significantly increased power consumption and…

For years, the conversation around artificial intelligence has focused on the jobs it could replace. But a new trend emerging in India's labour market suggests AI is also creating lucrative opportunities for a different class of workers — electricians, HVAC technicians and robotics specialists. According to an analysis by talent…