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Meet a Smarter Spot, from Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind

… And those customers will have to be able to trust the robot— always a problem when AI is involved . “We take this very seriously,” da Silva said in an interview. “We roll out new DeepMind capabilities through beta programs to a smaller set of customers to understand what to anticipate, and we only … …

Apr 14, 2026 · Evan Ackerman

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Will Robotics Have a ChatGPT Moment?

… The inside knowledge in robotics is to “never trust a YouTube robot video.” The gap between real robots that can perform real work in unstructured human environments and carefully scripted and edited robot performances remains significant. …

May 20, 2026 · Jonathan W. Hurst