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I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.

Humanoids are becoming a popular form of public entertainment here.

Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness

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Wholly AI-generated music excluded from Australian charts.

After an AI-produced song reached number four on two separate charts in July, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has now updated its Code of Practice to require that songs made with generative AI tools are “substantially human made.” ARIA admits it can only detect AI usage if “you tell us,” however.

Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp has professors who never sleep–but that’s because they’re AI clones

The newest Harvard Business School professor never sleeps, can hear the same pitch 50 times and technically isn’t an instructor at all.

What Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Can Learn From the Airline Industry’s Painful Lesson About Marketing and the Concept of Safety

Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei believes AI carries big potential risks, and he keeps talking about them. He also has tried to position Anthropic as the AI company most committed to building AI safely. But that might be part of the problem.

The full stack behind abundant intelligence

Progress in AI compounds fastest when the entire system improves together. That is how I think about OpenAI’s compute strategy: one integrated system spanning data centers and chips, frontier models, our developer platform, consumer and enterprise products, and AI-native devices, with each layer strengthening the next.

Australia's music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.

OnlyFans owner received $700mn in dividends before his death this year

Streaming platform used by sex workers has 5mn creator accounts according to latest annual results

Nvidia employee charged with smuggling advanced chips into China

Prosecutors identify Taiwan-based manager as ‘central figure’ in scheme involving US semiconductor maker’s AI servers

The US wants to lead the robotics race. Its hardware still leans on China.

Physical Intelligence cofounder Sergey Levine said US robotics research relies on outsourcing cheap but reliable parts from China.

Swimming in the shadow of Scottish castles

A coastal ruin, a Reformation fortress, Mary Queen of Scots’ island prison and a Tweed-side tower make for four atmospheric dips near Edinburgh

The Gen Z-ers saving their parents’ fashion shops on TikTok

The younger generation’s social media posts are bringing an emotional, human element to spreading the word among their peers