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New York Post
19 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Post
The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games kick off in China: Photos
The opening ceremony of the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games took place at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China, on August 14, 2025. During the ceremony, robots demonstrated sprinting, soccer, boxing, and other sports. The competition begins Friday, with more than 500 humanoid robots in 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S., Germany, and Japan. 1 of 24 A model poses near robots during the opening ceremony. AP 2 of 24 Robots prepare to take part in the opening ceremony. REUTERS 3 of 24 A humanoid robot walks on the track. Getty Images 4 of 24 Robots demonstrate the sport of boxing during the opening ceremony. AFP via Getty Images 5 of 24 Humanoid robots compete in the 100m race. Getty Images 6 of 24 A robot practises for the 100m sprint. AFP via Getty Images 7 of 24 5v5 soccer preliminaries. Getty Images 8 of 24 A man and a humanoid robot play a musical instrument ahead of the opening ceremony. REUTERS 9 of 24 Human performers dance near robots during the opening ceremony. AP 10 of 24 A woman takes a selfie with a robot before the opening ceremony. AFP via Getty Images 11 of 24 A humanoid robot dressed up in a floral costume participates in the opening ceremony. REUTERS 12 of 24 Robots demonstrate football during the opening ceremony. AFP via Getty Images 13 of 24 A worker prepares a robot before the opening ceremony. AP 14 of 24 Robots march in for the opening ceremony. AP 15 of 24 Robots dressed like terracotta warriors are setup before the opening ceremony. AP 16 of 24 Engineers and robots take part in the opening ceremony. AFP via Getty Images 17 of 24 Participating team debug humanoid robots during the 5v5 soccer preliminaries. Getty Images 18 of 24 Humanoid robots are seen before the opening ceremony. Getty Images 19 of 24 A humanoid robot gestures. Getty Images 20 of 24 Humanoid robot boxers in action during the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games opening ceremony. WU HAO/EPA/Shutterstock 21 of 24 Robot named Little Giant dressed up in Monkey King costume. REUTERS 22 of 24 A robot with a Labubu doll practises before the opening ceremony. AFP via Getty Images 23 of 24 Team members put on a terracotta warrior costume on a Hecbot humanoid robot. REUTERS 24 of 24 Humanoid robots take part in a test 100m run ahead of the opening ceremony. REUTERS
UPI
01-07-2025
- Business
- UPI
Cloudflare to block AI crawler bots by default
Internet firm Cloudflare has started blocking AI web crawlers to prevent them from 'accessing content without permission or compensation,' by default according to an announcement on Tuesday. EPA-EFE/WU HAO July 1 (UPI) -- Cloudflare announced it will begin blocking AI web crawlers to prevent them from "accessing content without permission or compensation," from all of its clients beginning on Tuesday. Cloudflare blocking AI crawler bots builds off the tool launched in September last year that allowed publishers the ability to block crawlers with one click but announced Tuesday the option to block them will be implemented by default for all of its clients. "AI crawlers have been scraping content without limits. Our goal is to put the power back in the hands of creators, while still helping AI companies innovate," said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. "This is about safeguarding the future of a free and vibrant Internet with a new model that works for everyone." Cloudflare is a content delivery network which helps businesses and applications by caching the data closer to end users and it estimated that 16% of global internet traffic goes directly through it's service in a 2023 report. The company also announced it will implement a Pay Per Crawl program that will allow some publishers to set a price that can be viewed by companies to decide whether they want to pay the fee for its content. AI crawlers are automated bots with the intent to extract large amounts of data from websites, to train large language models from companies such as OpenAI and Google. AI crawlers are typically seen as more invasive and selective when it comes to the data they consumer. They have been accused of overwhelming websites and significantly impacting user experience," Matthew Holman, a partner at U.K. law firm Cripps, said. "If effective, the development would hinder AI chatbots' ability to harvest data for training and search purposes," he added. "This is likely to lead to a short term impact on AI model training and could, over the long term, affect the viability of models."
