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Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: tesla, humanoid robots, xpeng

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The Fight Over Whether the ‘Humankind 2’ Trailer Is Slop Is Its Own Kind of AI Damage (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: humankind 2, trailers, video game

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Advice for succeeding in the AI era (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: leadership, global organizations, human skills

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Hyundai wants to sell humanoid and robot dogs through its car dealerships (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rob Thubron | tags: hyundai, boston dynamics, atlas robots

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Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: consciousness, humanity, debate

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‘Robot Olympics’ reveal humanoids’ rapid progress — and flaws (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Glickman | tags: humanoid robots, world humanoid robot games, stanford university

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‘Robot Olympics’ reveal humanoids' rapid progress — but hurdles remain (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Glickman | tags: humanoid robots, world humanoid robot games, stanford university

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Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: amazon, mechanical turk, digital labor

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What will be left for us to work on (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: automation, human effort, model development

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The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery (wired.com)

2026-08-26 | by Will Knight | tags: humanoid robots, tiangong ultra, honor lightning

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What Growing Businesses Should Expect From an HR and Payroll Provider (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-26 | by Brent Labathe | tags: hr software, payroll providers, artificial intelligence

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Bill Gates Warns Humanity About AI: ‘We Do Not Have the Luxury of Moving Slowly’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: bill gates, human history, transition

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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-26 | by Russell Brandom | tags: robot tax, microsoft, anthropic

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A Man Who Saw Humanity from Two Billion Years Away (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: humanity, two billion years, perspective

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World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: humanoid robot games, beijing robotics industry, usain bolt record

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The Best Robot Fails From the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: world humanoid robot games, robot fails, 2026

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The Download: smarter AI in schools, and a robot “carnival” in Shanghai (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-25 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: openai, humanoids, china

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AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-25 | tags: ollobot, companion robots, human connection

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Amend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-25 | by Seaborn | tags: copyright licences, ai misuse, human control

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The Robots Beat Usain Bolt, Then Met Their Match: Beans (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: humanoid robots, usain bolt, world humanoid robot games

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Humanoid Robots Run 100 Meters Faster Than Usain Bolt's Record Pace (slashdot.org)

2026-08-24 | tags: humanoid robots, tiangong ultra, honor lightning

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This new super humanoid outruns and outjumps any human. Its maker is now worth $51 billion (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: unitree robotics, super humanoid, superman robot

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The Download: kids outlearning AI, and space travel agents (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-24 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: ai data centers, chinese humanoids, uber

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Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record (theverge.com)

2026-08-24 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: humanoid robots, tiangong ultra, world humanoid robot games

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Humanoid robots have beaten Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record (engadget.com)

2026-08-23 | by Jackson Chen | tags: humanoid robots, honor lightning robot, tiangong ultra

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Humanoid robots shatter Usain Bolt's 100m record, hits 23.8 mph before crashing into foam pads — video shows Tiangong Ultra logging 9.39-second sprint before colliding with padded wall (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Jowi Morales | tags: tiangong ultra, humanoid robots, world athletics championships

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Doomscrolling at work wastes time, but the real cost is what happens after (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | by Texas A M University | tags: doomscrolling, texas a&m university, social media

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Early Humans Likely Ate Carbs and Sugary Foods (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-22 | by Dave Roos | tags: human evolution, primates, sugar

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This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Frank Landymore | tags: unitree, g1 robot, humanoid robot games

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We Are Admittedly Creeped Out by These Chunks of Human Brain Matter That Have Lived Longer Than a Toddler (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: human brain organoids, stem cells, nature journal