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The Download: Amsterdam’s welfare AI experiment, and making humanoid robots…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Why humanoid robots need their own safety rules
“If Digit’s going to walk out into an aisle in front of you, you don’t want to be surprised by that,” he says.…
Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
Finding a better way Every time an Amsterdam resident applies for benefits, a caseworker reviews the…
The Download: IBM’s quantum computer, and cuts to military AI testing
“At the end of the day, what they need to do is deliver on what they presented a year ago." —Bob O'Donnell,…
IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum…
IBM intends Starling to be able to perform computational tasks beyond the capability of classical computers.…
The Pentagon is gutting the team that tests AI and weapons systems
It is a significant overhaul of a department that in 40 years has never before been placed so squarely on the…
The Download: An inspiring toy robot arm, and why AM radio matters
“Every tech company is doing similar things but we were open about it.” —Luis von Ahn, chief executive of the…
The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI…
Why doctors should look for ways to prescribe hope
Researchers are still trying to understand the connection between body and mind, and how our thoughts can…