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Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing
Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
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Takeover
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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Judge Blocks DOGE From Laying Off 90 Percent of CFPB
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DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up
Takeover
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Everything’s Computer
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
The brother goes on vision quests. The sister is a former English major. Together, they defected from OpenAI, started Anthropic, and built (they say) AI’s most upstanding citizen, Claude.
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Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers
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The Best iPad to Buy (and a Few to Avoid)
We break down the current iPad lineup to help you figure out which one of Apple’s tablets is best for you.
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Last Stand
John McAfee Fled to Belize, but He Couldn't Escape Himself
Originally published in December 2012: On November 12, 2012, Belizean police announced that they were seeking John McAfee for questioning in connection with the murder of his neighbor. This is his story.
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Stumbling and Overheating, Most Chinese Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing
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Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.
An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess
When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted.
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
