I had to step back and realize that she was a robot, not a human being. In the face of Sophia's ubiquity, AI researchers have criticized media outlets for overselling her capabilities ...

The AI humanoid Sophia has been granted the ... including the right to marry both people and other robots. He wrote in a research paper that by 2029 android AI will match the intelligence of ...

Inventor David Hanson is on a relentless quest to bring compassion and consciousness to Sophia, the most recognized humanoid robot in the world. As capitalist expectations threaten his lifelong ...

In 2017, Sophia made history by becoming the first android to be granted legal ... even though she is a robot, she has more rights than human women in that country. Of course, this caused alarm ...

Whether it’s the replicants from Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk thriller Blade Runner or the expressive android Ava ... chance you’ve seen Sophia before. Developed by Hanson Robotics and activated in 2016, ...

Sophia is powered by artificial intelligence, and the film shows the struggles David Hanson and his team navigate to improve the robot's technology and secure investors to fund the project.

Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship ... still only gives limited rights to human women. A joke hashtag about Sophia asking to drop the system under which every ...

The founder and CEO of Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics, Hanson garnered fame for inventing personable humanoid robot Sophia in 2016. And while she's an amalgamation of wires, metal, elastomer ...

Sophia is the world's most advanced AI driven humanoid and the first robot Innovation Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program. She has graced the cover of Elle magazine, spent time ...

In this episode of Far Out, we unveil the secrets and moral complexities of humanoid robots. Far Out is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android ...