Apple has been secretly building home robots that could end up as a new product line, report says

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The Apple logo on a store.
Apple is currently in the early research phases of building home robots.

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A robotic police dog named 'Roscoe' created by Boston Dynamics took a bullet and helped avert a fatal shooting, police say

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A SPOT police robot made by Boston Dynamics that police in Massachusetts say a suspect shot three times during a SWAT standoff.
A SPOT police robot made by Boston Dynamics that Massachusetts police say a suspect shot three times during a SWAT standoff.

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A global scramble to make humanoid robots is gearing up to be the 21st century's space race

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Two humanoid robots facing each other, with backgrounds split between the Chinese flag on one side and the American flag on the other.

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Elon Musk's Tesla robots could be innovative for AI and automation, but Optimus still has a long way to go

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Tesla's Optimus prototype, seen at a 2022 Tesla event.

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Saudi Arabia's first humanoid robot knows not to talk about sex or politics, its creator says

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An image of 'Sara' the humanoid robot, created by the Saudi firm QSS AI and Robotics.
An image of 'Sara' the humanoid robot, created by Saudi firm QSS AI and Robotics.

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A humanoid robot's inappropriate touching of a reporter shows the machines still have so much to learn

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Muhammad, the humanoid robot, is debuted by the Saudi AI and robotics firm QSS in Riyadh.
Mohammad, the humanoid robot, from Saudi AI and robotics firm QSS.

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A 'male' humanoid robot was unveiled in Saudi Arabia. It then inappropriately touched a female reporter.

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Muhammad, the humanoid robot, is debuted by the Saudi AI and robotics firm QSS in Riyadh.
Muhammad, the humanoid robot, is debuted by the Saudi AI and robotics firm QSS in Riyadh.

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The office market is in trouble. Here's what real estate experts say all that space could be used for instead.

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An empty, unfinished office floor compared to the kinds of offices that landlords are offering as spec space.
An empty, unfinished office floor compared to the kinds of offices that landlords are offering as spec space.

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Elon Musk welcomes competition from humanoid robot rivals: 'Bring it on'

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Elon Musk has a straightforward message for his rivals in the AI sphere.

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OpenAI says it thwarted malicious state actors out of China, Russia, and North Korea, and one of them's called Salmon Typhoon

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ChatGPT (left) and Pacific Rim's Gypsy Danger mecha (right).
The five threat actors had names just like the mechs seen in Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim."

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