Intern defeats AI robot

Did we just witness the last time a human will ever beat a robot? Let’s check it out. 😆

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What happened? A college intern beat a humanoid robot in a 10-hour parcel-sorting challenge run by Figure AI, but the race was so close that it showed how quickly robots are catching up.

Want the details? In the contest, the intern, Aime, and Figure AI’s humanoid did the same warehouse task: scan a barcode, identify a package, and place it on a conveyor belt. Aime worked through the full shift with a lunch break, while the robots rotated in and out so the system could keep going for all 10 hours. By the end, Aime sorted 12,924 packages, while the robot handled 12,732. The difference in speed was tiny. Aime averaged 2.79 seconds per package, and the robot averaged 2.83 seconds.

Why does this matter? Parcel sorting is exactly the kind of repetitive, tiring work that many companies want robots to do. The result shows that humans still have an edge, but only barely. That suggests warehouse robots are improving fast and could soon take on more of these jobs. That could make shipping faster and reduce physical strain on workers, while also raising bigger questions about how automation will change work.

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What’s up? OpenAI has added ChatGPT to Microsoft PowerPoint in beta, letting people create new presentations or edit existing slides with simple prompts.

How does it work? Inside PowerPoint, users can ask ChatGPT to build a deck from scratch or upload notes, documents, spreadsheets, images, or an existing presentation for the assistant to turn into slides. It can also update a presentation already in progress by adding or rewriting slides instead of forcing users to start over. This is all done on a side panel through natural conversation.

Why does this matter? This could save people a lot of time. Instead of manually moving ideas from different files into slides, users can describe what they want and let the AI do the drafting and editing. That makes presentations easier for students, workers, and teams. You no longer need to know how to use PowerPoint to develop a great slide deck.

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Hi — I’m Hunter, a PhD candidate whose work has appeared in major academic journals and popular tech outlets. I founded FryAI to make staying ahead of AI clear, accessible, and fun.