Insights
Guides, comparisons and explainers on putting AI on the phone: what it can finish, what it hands back, and what to ask before you buy.
A New Arena for Innovation On 1 November 2025, in Tehran, Iran’s burgeoning generation of engineering students convened for the inaugural “Tech Olympics” — a national showcase of high‑tech ...
The Incident – What Happened In late 2025, a striking case of criminal misuse of a so-called “AI employee” came to light: a fraud scheme conducted through a voice generation tool ...
Opening a Virtual Classroom for Robots On 30 October 2025, in the Dongxihu district of Wuhan, China unveiled its first simulation-training field built entirely using domestically developed ...
A Showcase of AI Employees on the Floor On October 19, 2025, at the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (commonly known as the Canton Fair) in Guangzhou, a remarkable ...
A New Chapter for AI Employees in China In October 2025, Chinese robotics startup AgiBot unveiled its next generation of humanoid robots at the China Mobile Global Partners’ Conference in ...
The Big Vision vs. a Harsh Reality Check In a critique published on October 3, 2025, Rodney Brooks — co-founder of the Roomba vacuum maker iRobot — slammed Elon Musk’s vision of a future ...
From Lab Demos to Real-World Skills On September 30, 2025, Xinhua reported that China is accelerating a shift in its robotics sector: humanoid robots are being trained in vocational ...
A Robotic Boom in 2024 In 2024, Chinese factories installed 295,000 new industrial robots—more than half of global installations—outpacing the rest of the world combined. That surge pushed ...
What Happened and When In mid-September 2025, China made several high-profile moves in artificial intelligence, robotics, and voice-powered agents, signaling that its technology sector is ...
A New Era of Voice AI Agents and Multimodal Robot Intelligence On 24 August 2025, researchers published a breakthrough in Scientific Reports with the unveiling of “Panda Act”, a robotic ...
