White House Robot Bungles AI-Powered Summit, Freezes on Ethics Question

A robot's attempt at human-like empathy was met with eye-rolling, while its AI-powered responses crashed and burned – literally. Talk about a scripted performance.

"I think it was quite a good attempt at mimicking human emotion, but it was very superficial and a little soulless. The Figure 3 robot on the other hand I thought was quite impressive" The post <a href="https://theshovel.com.au/2026/03/27/new-ai-powered-staffer-brings-robot-to-white-house-event/">New AI-Powered Staffer Brings Robot to White House Event</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theshovel.com.au">The Shovel</a>. In an event that had Washington talking, a White House ...

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