Autonomously, or Remotely Operated?
Figure's humanoids now climb ladders, tidy living rooms and run eight-hour warehouse shifts on video. But every clip arrives with the same two-word question Elon Musk fired at a rival demo, and no company is offering the independent proof that would settle it. Honda, tellingly, is not even pretending its robot is autonomous.
Read full story →Fifty States, Fifty Rulebooks
California starts watermarking AI content, Colorado guts the landmark law it passed two years ago, and Illinois orders independent audits that will not bite until 2028. Meanwhile Washington is telling federal agencies to fight state AI rules in court. The map is a mess, but the direction it points is not in doubt.
Read full story →Blame the Algorithm
Visa cut 1,400 jobs in Bengaluru and named AI as the reason, joining a fintech layoff wave that also swept Mastercard, PayPal, Block and Intuit. As the same explanation spreads across a whole sector, a hard question grows louder: is AI really doing the work, or is "AI efficiency" just a cleaner story to tell shareholders?
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