The Humanoid Robot Industry Just Tripled. Almost All of It Is in China.
Shipments jumped 432 percent in six months and a new firm, Agibot, seized the lead, with China accounting for roughly four-fifths of the world's units. Europe is deciding to sell the parts rather than the robots, and the safety rules are nowhere near keeping pace.
Read full story →While Washington Praises Self-Policing, the FTC Is Quietly Investigating
Days after the White House celebrated a voluntary "morally binding" AI accord, news broke that the FTC has opened the first federal probe into rogue AI agents, with demands for testimony from Anthropic and OpenAI. One government, two contradictory messages.
Read full story →Ukraine Wants a $10,000 Robot Soldier, and It Wants It in Six Months
Former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is calling for a "new Manhattan Project" to put cheap, humanoid-like machines on the front line in place of infantry. The target price, not the technology, is the real story: cheap enough to lose.
Read full story →Robots Can Already Do Most Physical Jobs. They Just Can't Do Them Cheaply.
Anthropic finds robots can technically do 74 percent of physical tasks but are cost-competitive for only 0.3 percent. McKinsey says 11 million workers must change careers by 2035. The near-term story is mass reassignment, not mass unemployment.
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