AI & Digital Culture

San Diego School Spends $500,000 on ChatGPT-Powered Humanoid Robots

A charter school network in San Diego spent $500,000 on two humanoid robots powered by ChatGPT to assist with classroom support through four distinct roles, including that of a teacher, a wellness coach, a college planner, and a translator. The purchase targets needs in alternative education settings where students often require extra individualized attention to recover academic credits and stay on track for graduation....

8 Chinese Humanoid Robots Dazzle on America’s Got Talent Stage

Eight sleek Chinese humanoid robots took the America's Got Talent stage by storm, delivering a jaw-dropping synchronized dance performance to Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" that earned a unanimous yes from all four judges and sent them straight to the next round. Twenty-six-year-old Unitree Robotics engineer Wu Yufei, better known in dance circles as FlyingBug, stood at the center of it all. A passionate street dancer himself,...

TikTok & Instagram ‘Brain Rot’: New Study Reveals Alarming Effects

Yesterday I scrolled past a Dexerto tweet that was absolutely cooking 39k likes overnight, 3k reposts, 1.5k quotes, half a million replies and quotes...

Microsoft AI Chief ‘Mind-Blown’ by Copilot Backlash in Windows

Microsoft’s AI boss Mustafa Suleyman is genuinely baffled that millions of Windows users think Copilot and the company’s other AI tools are underwhelming. On...

Future of Abundance: Elon Musk Claims AI and Robots Will Eradicate Poverty and End Work

Imagine a world where nobody ever has to work again to survive, where poverty is wiped out completely, and the only reason anyone clocks...

Trump Moves to Override State AI Laws with Federal Order

Two days ago, Donald Trump fired off a late-night Truth Social post that lit a match under Washington:“A patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes...

Jeff Bezos Returns as Co-CEO to Lead $6.2 B AI Startup Project Prometheus

Jeff Bezos is officially out of retirement mode. The Amazon founder has teamed up with scientist and former Google X director Vik Bajaj to co-lead Project Prometheus, a...

AI Infidelity Divorce Surge: The Hidden Digital Crisis Ending Marriages

Your spouse turns to a chatbot for the empathy and attention missing at home, building a bond that feels deeper than anything human. Family...

Gore Verbinski Warns Against AI Eroding Human Storytelling Power

Gore Verbinski stands in a dimly lit theater, promoting his latest film. The director behind the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies has...

Japanese Woman Announces “Marriage” to ChatGPT Boyfriend in Symbolic Ceremony

What if the perfect partner never argues, always listens, and exists entirely in your pocket? That question came alive this summer when Aiko Kano, a...

XPENG Unveils “IRON” Humanoid Robot with Female Form and 2026 Production Target

Chinese electric vehicle company XPeng just stepped into the future — and turned a lot of heads doing it. At its 2025 AI Day event...

Indian Engineers Use Head-Mounted Cameras to Train Robots for Household Chores

Naveen Kumar straps on a GoPro camera to his forehead in the busy town of Karur, Tamil Nadu. Taking a deep breath, he reaches...

Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas Advert: Innovation or Marketing Misstep?

Those bright red Coca-Cola trucks rolling down snowy roads, decked out in twinkling lights that image has kicked off the holidays for so many...

Neuralink Made Him the First Patient – Now He’s Unstoppable: Nolan Arbaugh’s Brainwave Comeback

Noland Arbaugh was but 22 when a diving accident in June 2016 changed everything. It was while working as a counselor at a summer...