Interesting Engineering

MIT’s GIFT framework improves CAD designs by turning its failures into training data

The shortage of high-quality CAD datasets has slowed AI design tools. MIT researchers may have found a way around that ...
Wired

If You Have $650,000 and Don’t Buy This Giant Mecha Robot You’re a Fool

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...
Scientific American

A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...
PC World

Hands-on: Framework finally made a modular laptop feel as premium as its mission

PCWorld highlights the Framework Laptop 13 Pro’s transformation into a premium device with solid aluminum construction, addressing previous models’ build quality issues while maintaining modular ...
CBS News

Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon world record in Beijing

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day workweek

As governments grapple with how to manage the economic fallout of superintelligent machines, OpenAI has released a set of policy proposals outlining the ways wealth and work could be reshaped in an ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft says Agent Framework 1.0 is the production-ready release, with stable APIs and long-term support for both .NET and Python. The framework is presented as a unified successor path that builds ...
The New York Times

Melania and the Robot

The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by “humanoid educators.” Melania Trump, the first lady, with Figure 3, a humanoid robot developed by Figure AI, an ...
TechNode

China releases first national standard framework for humanoid robots and embodied AI

China has released its first national-level standard framework for humanoid robots and embodied artificial intelligence, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The document, titled the Humanoid Robot ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ruth Linehan explains how migrating ...
Newsweek

Netflix Loses ‘Mr. Robot’ — Here’s Where to Watch it Now

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Netflix just let go of one of its most acclaimed series. “Mr. Robot,” ...