Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment? – podcast

A robot named Lightning recently broke the human world record at a Beijing half marathon, sparking interest in whether robots are about to become common in everyday life like chatbots have. China is leading robotics development with over £100 billion in planned government investment over the next 20 years, and researchers are working on giving robots human-like abilities so they can eventually perform tasks like cleaning homes and weeding gardens.