Would you let AI walk around your home?

Meta has reportedly built a humanoid robot called Max and, if Mark Zuckerberg gets his way, this could be the next frontier for artificial intelligence. After years of AI living on our screens, Silicon Valley is now racing to give AI a body, one that can see, hear, move through the world and interact with people in real life.

This week on AI Decoded, we explore the growing race to put humanoid robots into our homes and workplaces. Joining us are John Hanke, founder of Niantic and CEO of Niantic Spatial, Ed Zitron, one of the technology industry’s most outspoken critics, and technology researcher and author Stephanie Hare.

Together, they unpack the technical challenges, commercial ambitions and ethical questions behind the push to bring AI into the physical world.

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0:00 – Meta’s secret robot project
6:18 – How could we integrate robots?
10:45 – The Chinese robotics boom

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US tech stocks have shown signs of a partial recovery after the value of shares in artificial intelligence and technology firms plummeted worldwide.

The drop off came after the Democrats’ resounding win in the US midterms, which sparked fears of a reduction in AI development.

On Thursday the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index closed down by more than 5.5%, losing an estimated $2.5tn in market value, according to Dow Jones data.

Businesses closely linked to artificial intelligence development, particularly makers of key computer chips and semiconductors, took the hammering.

Share prices in US markets have edged up on Friday. Chipmaker Nvidia’s share price jumped by over 7% and Elon Musk’s SpaceX was up 6.19% – though both are yet to recover their heavy losses from yesterday. It’s a similar story for chipmakers AMD and Micron.

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Russell Brand has been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Brand, 51, faced seven counts: three of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault.

The allegations date from 1999 to 2009 and concerned six women. They are all entitled to lifelong anonymity.

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Fridges and freezers in supermarkets across Europe have been hit by a cyber-attack. Hackers managed to gain control and remotely turn up the temperature, in some cases to over 50 degrees Celsius, causing thousands of Euros worth of food to be thrown out.

Rumours have been circulating online that Russian hacktivist groups could be to blame.

So how did this happen? In this video:

1:27 Why are fridges connected to the internet?
2:02 How do you hack a fridge?
3:15 The aftermath of the supermarket hack
3:55 French blood banks targeted
4:42 Recent similar attacks
5:22 Who is behind the hacking?
6:25 What else is vulnerable to these sorts of attacks?
7:21 How can we protect against these attacks?
8:00 Could AI make more of these attacks likely?
8:47 What does this tell us about the future of cyber-attacks?

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