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Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

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Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Ben Thompson / Strategy: Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we…

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A look at Elon Musk’s bet that Tesla’s future lies in its Optimus humanoid robots, which rely for now on human helpers and still face business challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

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Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Ugly Citizen”, with Quinn Nelson The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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Tesla shares closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it was testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Evan Spiegel is building the future of computing Grit explores what it takes to create, build…

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USPTO issues new guidance clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 27, 2025

Blake Brittain / Reuters: The USPTO issues new guidance clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human…

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The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Inside the AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation and Losses – With Gil Luria The Big Technology…

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Qualcomm unveils two AI chips, the AI200, planned for 2026, and the AI250, planned for 2027, based on its Hexagon NPUs, and says Human is the first customer (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Qualcomm unveils two AI chips, the AI200, due in 2026, and the AI250, due in 2027,…

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How building robotic hands adapted to human dexterity remains a major technical obstacle to deploying humanoid robots in factories and for caregiving jobs (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

Wall Street Journal: How the construction of robotic hands adapted to human dexterity remains a major technical obstacle to the…

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CleanSpark shares jump more than 12% after the Bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure, hiring Human President Jeffrey Thomas as senior vice president of AI data centers (David Pan/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 20, 2025

David Pan / Bloomberg: CleanSpark shares jump more than 12% after the Bitcoin miner expanded into AI infrastructure, hiring Human…

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

Trump-Xi summit leaves South Korea facing familiar pressures – The Diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Bill Ackman says his fund took a new stake in Microsoft after the company’s recent stock price decline; Ackman says investors underestimated Microsoft (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

Browsing: human

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

A look at Elon Musk’s bet that Tesla’s future lies in its Optimus humanoid robots, which rely for now on human helpers and still face business challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)

Tesla’s robotaxi service in Austin is significantly behind Waymo, deploying about 30 cars with safety drivers, compared to Waymo’s 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

Tesla shares closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it was testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

USPTO issues new guidance clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

Qualcomm unveils two AI chips, the AI200, planned for 2026, and the AI250, planned for 2027, based on its Hexagon NPUs, and says Human is the first customer (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

How building robotic hands adapted to human dexterity remains a major technical obstacle to deploying humanoid robots in factories and for caregiving jobs (Wall Street Journal)

CleanSpark shares jump more than 12% after the Bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure, hiring Human President Jeffrey Thomas as senior vice president of AI data centers (David Pan/Bloomberg)