Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

amazon-worker-demands-answers

‘If you go on that thing without having the special vest on…’: Amazon worker demands answers when he realizes new floor robots can ‘squish’ him

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Two panel Design with panel one a close up of a woman who is talking in her car and panel two is a person using a checkout screen at a restaurant.

What_Would_You_Tip

‘I ordered water instead of a cocktail’: Woman gets served by robot. Why does it ask for a tip?

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Robotire machine(l), Man talking(c), Mechanic moving tires(r)

arizona-auto-shop-debuts-robotire

‘I wanna see it do a Ford Fusion with the swollen lug nuts’: Arizona auto shop debuts Robotire to take off factory tires. Is this the future?

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

elon musk ai girlfriend

Does Elon Musk have a robot girlfriend?

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Chick-Fil-A server robot with caption "World's first and only Chick Fil A chicken serving robot" (l) Chick-Fil-A building with sign (c) Chick-Fil-A server robot with caption "World's first and only Chick Fil A chicken serving robot" (r)

chick fil a server bot tiktok

‘It even says my pleasure’: Customers claim to be served by ‘first and only’ Chick-fil-A robot

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

woman with Airpod in ear in front of pink background with donotpay logo on right

donotpay robot2

‘World’s first robot lawyer’: DoNotPay wants to build an AI to help people fight traffic tickets

restaurant employees placing food on robot (l) server robot with cat face carrying plate (c) restaurant employee opening door for server robot (r)

robot server

‘If she’s got to follow the thing what is the dang point’: Video of worker helping robot worker in diner sparks debate

TikTok Jamba Juice robot

Jamba Juice flamed for robot worker that can’t even pour smoothie into cup properly

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

YouTube-Roomba

Streaming

YouTuber’s custom Roomba screams, swears when it bumps into stuff

Josh Katzowitz is a staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

robots killing scientists linda moulton howe

linda_moulton_howe_robots_killing_scientists

Conspiracy theory involving robots killing scientists goes viral

Phillip Tracy is a former technology staff writer at the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s an expert on smartphones, social media trends, and gadgets. He previously reported on IoT and telecom for RCR Wireless News and contributed to NewBay Media magazine. He now writes for Laptop magazine.

Phillip Tracy

amazon echo dot

Amazon Alexa is making creepy sounds—and it’s scaring the heck out of people (updated)

Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.

Tiffany Kelly

Sophia

Unclick

Sophia the robot is shockingly human-like—and the internet is terrified

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

David Britton

kumo the spider

Giant mechanical spider spurs holy terror at Catholic church

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

robot

A scientist is trying to teach a neural network to cook—and the results are hilariously bad

[email protected]

2233dffc083b726b4827ad49c11bf88c.jpg

The best mecha anime of all time

Robots