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Jam Kotenko is a technology reporter who specializes in coverage of Instagram, Facebook, and other social media apps. Her work has been published by Digital Trends, Bustle, and Gotta Be Mobile.

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Nivea actually built a seagull robot that craps sunscreen on you at the beach

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You trust robots more if you’re allowed to build them yourself, research suggests

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College students didn’t realize their professor’s assistant was actually an AI bot

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Robotic third arm turns musician into cyborg drummer

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This brilliant woman made a lipstick robot

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The helicopter of the future will have robotic spider legs

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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‘Ex Machina’ director Alex Garland talks gender and artificial intelligence

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Turkish mayor to outraged citizens: ‘Respect the robot’

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An ‘Interstellar’ fan made a TARS robot costume that looks just like the real thing

Dylan Love is an editorial consultant and journalist whose reporting interests include emergent technology, digital media, and Russian language and culture. He is a former staff writer for the Daily Dot, and his work has been published by Business Insider, International Business Times, Men&#8217;s Journal, and the Next Web.

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We interviewed the humans running the Japanese robot hotel

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A robot vacuum tried to eat its sleeping owner’s head

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How ‘Terminator’ defines our fear of robots after 30 years

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Elon Musk compares artificial intelligence research to ‘summoning the demon’

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