Episode Number 247 – August 21st – AI, robot Olympics,Internet bans, and hacking solar panels?

This week's guest: Aaliya  from Main Creation Station

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Listener Article:

Another AI for free scheme:

https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-ai-for-good-big-tech/

World Robotics Olympics:
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/china-world-humanoid-robot-games-ai-98acfd5ca24cd5fe331af8a7ab51ddec

https://www.engadget.com/ai/chinas-inaugural-robot-olympics-delivers-impressive-feats-and-disastrous-falls-221450458.html

What is holding them back?

https://www.sciencealert.com/humanoid-robots-have-a-serious-design-flaw-and-we-need-to-fix-it

Blocking the Internet rarely works:

Pakistan:

https://globalvoices.org/2025/08/18/the-politics-and-people-behind-balochistan-pakistans-internet-shutdowns/

The UK:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo

Is your solar being hacked? Not really

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/how-your-solar-rooftop-became-a-national-security-issue/

https://www.broward.org/Library/Pages/CreationStation.aspx

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