Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots

AgiBot is using AI-powered robots to do new manufacturing tasks. Smarter machines may transform physical labor in China.
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This AI startup wants to replace human hosts with robot voices and ad-filled slop

A former executive of a podcasting company that relied on human talent has decided to lean into AI, cause paying humans is so yesterday. "I think that people who are still referring to all ...
Forbes

‘More Than Words’ Makes The Case For Human Writing

In the book “More Than Words,” writer-educator John Warner makes the case for renewing the concept of writing as a fundamentally human activity. Large Language Model bots like ChatGPT offer not ...
Los Angeles Times

Musk and other tech gurus say human-like robots are the next big thing. Don’t hold your breath

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...
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Humans flunk the Turing test for voices as bots get chattier

Think you can distinguish between a human voice and a robot? Think again, because the numbers are starting to say otherwise. … Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College ...
NPR

A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...