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Experts Ranked AI-Enabled Future Crimes, From the Most Threatening to the Least
Turns out, it’s not killer robots or attack drones we need to be as worried about.
The Robots Microsoft Assigned to Do My Job Can't Do It
MSN robots can't make fine discriminations for a startlingly vast audience of readers. What they can do, and why they're asked to do it, is unclear.
Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog is Now Available for Purchase at $74,500
This marks the first time the company has made any of its robots available for sale.
NASA's Plan to Turn the Moon Into a Telescope Looks Like the Death Star
A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon. Whoa.
Coronavirus Isolation Wards in India Might Soon Be Run by Robots
Tech and robotics experts are innovating to protect doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from the risk of contracting coronavirus.
This Disembodied Robotic Mouth Is Reciting Algorithmically Generated Prayers
"The Prayer" is currently singing at a museum in Paris.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Sues Robotics Company for $10M Over Lookalike Robot
“Arnold Schwarzenegger will meet your guests, turn on the light and turn the kettle on,” Promobot writes.
Supermarket Robot Listed as Alibi in High-Profile Connecticut Murder Case
Stop & Shop's Marty is equipped with cameras, but the grocery store claims they're for identifying spills, not recording video of customers.
Having Robot Co-Workers Will Make Us Less Racist, Researchers Think
Mad at these robots? Feeling less racist now?
Everything Bagel Seasoning Ingredients, Ranked
Time for your weekly edition of the, uh No Longer Deadspin Funbag. Today, we're talking about odd roommates, endangered minor league baseball teams, sexbots, hotel buffets, and more.
Spot is a Cop
A new report shows that Boston Dynamics loaned its Spot robot to the Massachusetts State Police, and civil liberties groups are concerned.
High-Tech Japanese Hotel Finds Out Its Service Robots Are Easily Hackable
A researcher found that the robots can be hacked to spy on hotel guests.