World’s first robot Olympics, plus the latest information science updates
- Author
- University of Michigan School of Information
- Published
- Fri 05 Sep 2025
- Episode Link
- https://share.transistor.fm/s/5cb16fc2
Learn more about the stories you heard today:
- World’s first robot Olympics held in China (Quartz)
- AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service (CNN)
- Versailles statues can now talk to visitors with AI (New York Times)
- Instagram’s new map feature raises privacy concerns (CBS News)
- Boston Public Library digitizes archives with OpenAI (NPR)
- ‘Tradwife,’ ‘delulu,’ and ‘skibidi’ among new Cambridge Dictionary words (Sky News)
- 10 surprising things your smartphone camera can do (MakeUseOf)
- Texas A&M researchers map U.S. power outage hot spots (Texas A&M)
- Interactive power outage map (Netlify app)
- Focus Friend app overtakes ChatGPT on App Store (Lifehacker)
- Pomodoro Technique (Wikipedia)
- How to minimize distractions in Chrome (HowToGeek)
- School of Information launches two new AI courses open to all U-M undergraduates
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