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Tuesday night deep dive—because AI is always working late! 🌙
Robots putting away groceries might sound like science fiction, but it’s quickly becoming reality. A robotics startup, along with tech giants, is making strides in home automation. The question is—how ready are they for real-world households?
Meanwhile, Google has released its first Health Impact Report, showcasing how AI and technology are transforming healthcare. And in a curious experiment, a journalist put AI through the Rorschach inkblot test—proving that, rather than thinking independently, these models simply reflect human culture back at us.
AI keeps evolving—just don’t expect it to take out the trash yet.
Here's another crazy day in AI:
The robotics race is heating up
Google’s AI-powered vision for global health
What ChatGPT saw in a Rorschach test might surprise you
Some AI tools to try out
TODAY'S FEATURED ITEM: A New Era for Humanoid Robots
Image Credit: Wowza (created with Ideogram)
Are robots finally ready to help around the house?
Imagine coming home to find robots neatly putting away your groceries—eggs in the fridge, cookies in a drawer, and apples on the counter. That future may not be far off. A robotics startup called Figure just demonstrated humanoid robots that can understand voice commands and handle objects they’ve never seen before. Powered by their in-house Helix AI, these robots worked together to organize groceries, marking a major step toward practical home robotics.
Figure isn’t the only one making strides in this space. Meta, Google-backed Apptronik, and Tesla are also advancing their own humanoid robots, all aiming to push automation further into everyday life. While progress is undeniable, these robots still have a long way to go before they can match human dexterity and adaptability.
What’s happening in the world of humanoid robots?
Figure’s robots can collaborate and sort objects without prior knowledge.
Meta is developing humanoid robots under its Reality Labs division.
Google-backed Apptronik secured $350 million to expand its humanoid robot, Apollo.
Tesla’s Optimus robots are in development, with thousands expected to roll out this year.
Challenges remain, as robots still struggle with speed and complex tasks in dynamic environments.
Robots are getting smarter, but there’s still a long way to go before they seamlessly fit into our daily lives. Figure’s demonstration is impressive, but even the most advanced robots today move much slower than humans and need a lot of fine-tuning. Simple tasks—like recognizing an object, understanding where it belongs, and placing it correctly—are still harder for machines than they are for us.
With so many companies racing to improve AI-driven robotics, it’s only a matter of time before we see more capable machines in homes and workplaces. But how soon that happens—and how useful they’ll really be—depends on whether they can handle the unpredictability of the real world.
Read the full article here.
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OTHER INTERESTING AI HIGHLIGHTS:
Google’s AI-Powered Vision for Global Health
/Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google
Google has released its first Health Impact Report, showcasing how AI and technology are transforming healthcare. The report highlights advancements in AI-powered diagnostics, improved access to reliable health information, and partnerships aimed at strengthening global health ecosystems. Google emphasizes that AI is not just making healthcare more efficient but also more human-centered, with a focus on prevention, accessibility, and scientific breakthroughs. The company envisions AI as a tool that can help billions live healthier lives through collaboration with researchers, governments, and health organizations worldwide.
Read the report here.
What ChatGPT Saw in a Rorschach Test Might Surprise You
/Chris Stokel-Walker, BBC
The Rorschach inkblot test, long used to explore human perception and psychology, offers a fascinating way to analyze how AI "sees" the world. The author conducted an experiment by showing ChatGPT five of the 10 common inkblots to see how it would interpret them. While AI models produced responses similar to human interpretations, this wasn’t due to real cognition—it was a reflection of patterns in human culture and language learned from training data. Unlike humans, who project emotions and subconscious thoughts onto ambiguous images, AI simply reproduces learned associations, highlighting both the limitations of machine intelligence and insights into how humans construct meaning from the world around them.
Read more here.
SOME AI TOOLS TO TRY OUT:
ElevenLabs Studio - Edit and generate long-form audio with AI.
Calcverse - Quick calculators and unit converters for finance, health, and more.
Chat Thing - Automate customer support, lead generation, and content creation with AI agents.
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