Race articles

Humanoid robots struggle in first humans vs. robots half-marathon

What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, China, over the weekend, when most of the competing robots fell over, fell apart, or failed to finsih.

Watch this electric car demolish a 20-year-old F1 lap record and drive upside down

Robots set to race humans in Beijing half-marathon

Google accused of being "woke" after Gemini creates inaccurate, racially diverse historical images

Facepalm: Generative AIs are often accused of being biased, but it appears that Google went a bit too far in trying to address this problem with Gemini. The company has apologized after the tool produced images showing people of color and women in historically inaccurate contexts, such as Nazi-era German soldiers and the Founding Fathers. It's led to complaints about Gemini being "woke," and Google has now paused the feature while it makes changes.

Watch a race between two Teslas: One on the street, one in a Boring Company tunnel

Tickets for real-world Mario Kart races now on sale