There was no evidence a story about an AI robot fearing a lion was real. An image shared with the claim in September 2025 was AI-generated.

For Elon Musk, the future of Tesla isn't its global fleet of EVs. It's Optimus, the humanoid robot designed to help humans tackle everyday tasks.

The future of delivery is autonomous and already taking over Old Dominion University. It comes as the institution has introduced this fall a modern approach to bringing its students a bite to eat.

The events of “Alien: Earth” stem from a proprietary battle between Weyland-Yutani, the film franchise’s star corporation, and Prodigy, introduced in the show. Kirsh is a Prodigy scientist working beside Hybrids, a proprietary invention that involves downloading human consciousnesses into synthetic bodies.

On The Vergecast: robovacs and smart lights at IFA, the Google antitrust remedies, and more thoughts on AI zoom.

Terms like “social media,” “podcast,” and “internet” emerged years ago as ways to talk about the latest advancements in the world of technology. And over the past month, we’ve seen some new terms popping up in the world of tech, from clanker to slopper, even if they seem to be mostly tongue-in-cheek at this point.

As robots become smart enough to detect our feelings and respond appropriately, they could have something like emotions of their own. But that won’t necessarily make them more like humans.