Moravec‘s Paradox

The companies promoting AI fail to mention it's often underpinned not by code but by humans tagging data and viewing unsavoury content - AI could not exist without cheap labour largely outsourced to the Global South By Emer Coleman Published: 15 Jul 2025 The big lie of artificial intelligence (AI)…

A staff member operates robot to climb stairs at a robot base in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, June 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua) GUANGZHOU, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Songshan Lake, nestled in south China's Guangdong Province, buzzes with youthful energy as tomorrow's tech leaders weave through roads once scented by…

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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) says it has issued a warning letter to a male student who allegedly used artificial intelligence software to generate indecent images of female colleagues. In a statement, HKU said it was handling the case in accordance with the University Ordinance and other laws. The…

SDAIA Receives Certificates for Nominated Projects at WSIS Summit The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) has received certificates for its nominated projects recognized among the best entries at the 2025 WSIS Prizes, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Organized by the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the 2025…

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. IFAC Symposium on Robotics: 15–18 July 2025, PARIS RoboCup 2025:…

New research has found that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men, even when both have identical qualifications. The study was co-authored by Ivan Yamshchikov, a professor of AI and robotics at the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) in Germany. Yamshchikov,…

Many people fear that if fully sentient machine intelligence ever comes to exist, it will take over the world. The real threat, though, is the risk of tech companies enslaving robots to drive up profits, author Martha Wells suggests in her far-future-set book series The Murderbot Diaries. In Wells’s world,…

Photo Credit: IDeaS Revenue Solutions The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly at the forefront of innovation in the hospitality industry. The subject was especially prevalent at HITEC 2025, as educational sessions highlighted both the benefits and risks of AI, while various products in the HITEC Exhibit Hall showcased…

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