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 ...

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet.

Brazilian researchers developed an AI system that analyzes WhatsApp audio messages to identify depression, showing high ...

Android 17 is on the horizon, and there's already a lot of speculation about what it includes. Here's what I want with the next OS.

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Robots can do anything these days—repeatedly punch you in the face and kill you on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, for instance.

Samsung has shelved Ballie, killing plans for a consumer launch that was once teased for summer 2025. Ballie has shifted from a planned retail product to an internal “active innovation platform,” ...

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

In real life, robots are pretty simple. They are just, like, an arm putting cars together or what have you. In movies and TV, though, robots have long been intelligent. They’ve had personalities. They ...

During a tech shows in Guangdong, China, XPENG Motors unveiled it's next generation humanoid robot, IRON. According to the firm, the robot is designed with a female form, features a bionic spine, ...