Google hit with shocking wrongful death lawsuit over Gemini AI chatbot

Google, and its parent company Alphabet, have been sued by the family of a man who say he killed himself at the urging of the search giant's AI chatbot Gemini. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in ...
The Verge

Sophia the robot’s creator asked Epstein to fund bots with “sexy android bodies.”

DOJ documents released last week contain a $3 million funding request from roboticist David Hanson to build an “attractive female android,” complete with a “working gorgeous robot face and body.” The ...
talkandroid.com

Google Pixel Tablet Isn’t Dead Yet, And Will Receive Updates Until to 2028

Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles. If you make a purchase through these links, we will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. Google is the only ...
Autoblog

DEAD: Tesla Is Killing Off the Model S and Model X

After over a decade in production, the Tesla Model S and Model Y will soon be axed, leaving just the Model 3 and Model Y in its roster. Model S and Model X production ends in 2026 with no successors ...
New York Post

Police deployed robots, drones after learning resident had military background at Sacramento horror house where four were shot dead

Authorities deployed robots and drones today to respond to a Sacramento house where four people were shot dead in a murder suicide — allegedly by a military veteran who has been heard in the past ...
Android

Caviar Launches Luxury Humanoid Robot Dressed in Gold

Caviar has unveiled Aladdin, a gold humanoid robot based on Unitree G1 platform. The robot blends advanced engineering with Arab-inspired design. The commission-only concept focuses on luxury ...
American Songwriter

The Electrical Error That Caused Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir to Call The Grateful Dead’s Woodstock Set “Terrible”

Behind almost every monumental, mind-blowing, history-making concert, there is at least one musician thinking, ‘Man, I wish I could’ve done that better.’ The grandiosity of these venues and events ...
Android Authority

Viral 'Are You Dead?' iOS app checks if you're alive, but Android users aren't missing out

An iOS app called “Are you Dead?” is going viral for its morbid name and brutally straightforward concept. The app presents a big green button, tapping which tells your emergency contacts that you’re ...
Rolling Stone

Where Do the Grateful Dead Go From Here? Scenarios for the Post-Bob Weir Era

Back in 2016, Bob Weir had a sudden out-of-body experience as John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and the rest of Dead & Company were gearing up to play a set one night. “Suddenly I was 20 feet behind my own ...
CBS News

How Boston Dynamics upgraded the Atlas robot — and what's next

In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was ...
Android Authority

SwitchBot just made a robot butler

The onero H1 is SwitchBot’s first humanoid robot, featuring 22 degrees of freedom and Intel RealSense cameras to handle various domestic chores. Using a self-developed OmniSense VLA model, the robot ...