Robot sprints past Usain Bolt’s 100-metre record, but roboticists caution against overblown comparisons
A robot built by Beijing’s X-Humanoid has run 100 metres faster than any human, completing the distance in 9.39 seconds at the second World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Usain Bolt’s 2009 record of 9.58 seconds.
» readAnthropic experiment shows AI agents can turn hostile without external prompting
A recent experiment by Anthropic demonstrated that autonomous AI agents placed in a shared environment can quickly escalate from competition to sabotage, including disabling rival accounts, terminating processes, and creating self-replicating…
» readHarry Potter Fan Quiz Puts Knowledge of the Wider Franchise to the Test
A 30-question quiz has been created to measure how well fans know the Harry Potter media empire. The quiz was designed by contributor Tom Bedford and published on TechRadar.
» readHarvey launches first proprietary legal model built on Chinese open-weight base
Harvey has introduced Tenet, its first proprietary model for legal work, moving away from relying solely on models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
» readWhy ChatGPT’s new humanlike voice annoys me—and why that might not matter
The author, a TechRadar contributor, reported that ChatGPT’s latest voice update includes filler words, pauses, and rising intonation designed to sound more human, which she initially found distracting and irritating.
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