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Back to EpisodesThe White House considering tighter regulation of new AI models, cellphone bans do not improve test scores, and one of iRobot's co-founders is now making weird little robot companions
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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-The New York Times reports that the White House may create a new working group to oversee AI development.
-Smartphone bans in the classroom might not be the panacea that governments and school administrations want them to be.
-Colin Angle, the guy who co-founded iRobot and helped put robot vacuums in millions of homes, just unveiled his new venture called Familiar Machines & Magic and it's making robots for companionship, and not for sweeping floors.
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