Humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record, OpenAI said California should strengthen its AI safety laws, and LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working episode artwork

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Humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record, OpenAI said California should strengthen its AI safety laws, and LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working

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-During the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games that kicked off in Beijing on Saturday, the Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot completed the 100-meter dash in 9.39 seconds. -OpenAI giant also called for "strengthening cybersecurity protections throughout the model-development lifecycle, specifically to prevent frontier models from circumventing internal security controls." -While AI slop has plagued just about every social media platform, LinkedIn has become notorious for being particularly filled with AI-generated posts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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