{"id":23267,"date":"2026-05-28T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/are-robots-nearing-their-chatgpt-moment-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:37:39","slug":"are-robots-nearing-their-chatgpt-moment-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/are-robots-nearing-their-chatgpt-moment-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment? \u2013 podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month at Beijing\u2019s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It\u2019s the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering whether robots are about to enter our everyday lives, just as chatbots have. And the country leading the charge is China, where the government has pledged to invest more than \u00a3100bn in robotics over the next 20 years. To find out how robots are already entering the workforce, and what needs to happen to get them cleaning our homes and weeding our gardens, Ian Sample hears from the Guardian\u2019s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, and from Nathan Lepora, professor of robotics and AI at Bristol University, who researches how robots can achieve human-like dexterity<\/p>\n

Clips:<\/em> Global News, BBC, CGTN<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nLast month at Beijing\u2019s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It\u2019s the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering whether robots are about to enter our everyday lives, just as chatbots have. And the country leading the charge is China, where the government has pledged to invest more than \u00a3100bn in robotics over the next 20 years. To find out how robots are already entering the workforce, and what needs to happen to get them cleaning our homes and weeding our gardens, Ian Sample hears from the Guardian\u2019s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, and from Nathan Lepora, professor of robotics and AI at Bristol University, who researches how robots can achieve human-like dexterity
\nClips: Global News, BBC, CGTN Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month at Beijing\u2019s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It\u2019s the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering whether robots are about to enter our everyday lives, just as chatbots have. And the country leading the charge is China, where …<\/p>\n

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