Bots

Bots are automated software programs or physical machines designed to perform tasks autonomously or semi-autonomously, ranging from data center maintenance and delivery services to pipeline inspection and autonomous vehicle operation.

Why it’s in the news: Bots are in the news due to their increasing deployment in real-world applications, including data centers, public transportation, and infrastructure maintenance, signaling a growing integration of automation into critical services.

Latest on Bots

• Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
• Hanoi approves 24-month trial of autonomous buses, robotaxis and delivery robots
• Anthropic proposes plumbing spec to link AI agents to lab kit and robots
• Humanoid robots will be useful, just not as we imagined
• VDT builds the robots that travel inside pipelines looking for the flaw that will burst
• China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job — yet
• to boost its fraud protection and bot detection as fraud attempts grow in 'sophistication and volume.'
• Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue

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