- A rundown of the first two days of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, where robots beat human world records in the sprints, the 1,500 meters and the standing high jump, but still look clumsy at soccer, kickboxing and table tennis.
- More events this year require full autonomy, including soccer and most of the races, and the useful task events award double points for a fully autonomous run.
- Investors are floating a valuation of roughly two trillion dollars for Anthropic by the time it completes its IPO, after the company said revenue is coming in at seven times last year's rate.
- Anthropic's prospectus is expected to name backlash against data centers as a key risk factor, which the writer calls a real risk for investors even though it will not halt frontier AI development on its own.
- A Washington Post sentiment analysis of 4,300 political posts and newsletters found Republicans turned negative on data centers in the summer of 2025, and activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s movement have written to Trump objecting to coal power for the facilities.
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Faster, higher, stronger
By Mitchell Howe
Humanoid robot games, big Anthropic numbers, and more
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