Is 'clanker' an appropriate slang for AI? These linguists weigh in

First gaining traction online in 2025, "clanker" is a derogatory term used to insult AI, chatbots and robots.

Robots did some weird stuff in May, like moonwalking themselves to death and drowning in a harbor

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This AI-Powered 'Robot Phone' Has The Strangest Camera We've Seen Yet

Close up of the top of an Honor phone with the gimbal arm sticking out the top - Honor/YouTube Phone gimbals are one of those accessories that content creators swear by but never actually want to ...

The Internet can’t stop watching Figure AI’s humanoid robots handling packages

By the time Figure had livestreamed eight hours of the robots performing “autonomous, unsupervised work,” Adcock was ...