Moravec‘s Paradox

About a year ago, Boston Dynamics released a research version of its Spot quadruped robot , which comes with a low-level application programming interface (API) that allows direct control of Spot’s joints. Even back then, the rumor was that this API unlocked some significant performance improvements on Spot, including a…

STOCKHOLM — Executives at U.S. tech giants Google and Meta said that Europe's artificial intelligence industry is being held back by excessive regulation, adding to rhetoric from Donald Trump's administration that the region's strict tech rules are choking innovation. Speaking at the Techarena tech conference in Stockholm, Sweden, public policy…

More than 4.7 million users played the Pixonic mobile shooter monthly in 2024 Image credit: Pixonic This is a News-in-brief article, our short format linking to an official source for more information. Read more about this story by following the link below: War Robots reaches $1bn in lifetime revenue Read…

Credit: Baidu Chinese technology giant Baidu will expand its autonomous ride-hailing business “faster than ever” and is seeking collaborative partners to multiply its driverless fleet size, chief executive Robin Li told investors on Tuesday during an earnings call. “We have identified a variety of potential partners, including mobility service providers,…

Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots sees orders surge after Spring Festival Gala performance. Credit: CCTV Demand for Unitree Robotics’ humanoid robots surged after their dance performance during the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV, a sales manager from Unitree told the Chinese media outlet Jiupai News on Tuesday. On Jan. 28, to…

Traders visit the exhibition hall of CITIC HIC Kaicheng Intelligence Equipment Co., Ltd. in Tangshan National High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 18, 2025. Tangshan has been working in recent years to promote the continuous growth of robot industrial clusters. Efforts have been made to…

Home Business News Startup News 1000 Media platform aims to empower entrepreneurs with AI-generated content, says founder Nuseir Yassin Global content creator Nuseir Yassin, widely known as Nas Daily, is expanding his media empire with the launch of 1000 Media—an AI-powered platform designed to streamline content creation while lowering costs.…

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk's xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China's DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding.  "We're very excited to present Grok 3,…

Interview AI chip startup EnCharge claims its analog artificial intelligence accelerators could rival desktop GPUs while using just a fraction of the power. Impressive — on paper, at least. Now comes the hard part: Proving it in the real world. The outfit boasts it has developed a novel in-memory compute…

KUALA LUMPUR: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has urged news agencies to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to combat misinformation in the digital media era. Noting the need to “fight fire with fire”, he highlighted how AI was already being used to counter AI-driven threats in cybersecurity, citing organisations like BlackBerry that…