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  • AI has ruined cute animal videos

    AI has ruined cute animal videos

    AI-generated animal videos are sweet, until you realise the joy, like the animal, was never really there.

    Cats built the internet, and they’ll usually show you where it’s going next. “I Can Haz Cheeseburger” taught us about memes. Keyboard Cat introduced millions to YouTube. Grumpy Cat’s marketing deals established a business model for influencers. Now the online world is turning again.

    Animals were one of the last reliable sources of joy on an internet filled with madness – innocence in a sea of anger and clickbait. But lately I’ve felt that slipping away.

    For decades my reaction to cute animal videos was softness. Now it’s suspicion: was that real, or just AI?

    If you look closely, there’s a strange psychological dance playing out here that you might unwittingly be part of. And just beneath the surface, you can see the economic forces dictating the next moves from the tech giants.

  • The Chinese robot army transforming the UK’s retail industry

    The Chinese robot army transforming the UK’s retail industry

    Every time you click “buy” on an online order, the chances are that your purchase starts getting processed within minutes.

    Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.

    At Geek+’s factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, which the BBC visited, fleets of the robots are built and tested before being shipped to warehouses around the world.

    Some of Britain’s biggest retailers – including Tesco, Asda and Next – now use the company’s technology.

    By automating these repetitive journeys, Geek+ says retailers can increase picking speeds, store more goods in spaces that are hard to reach for humans, and reduce errors.

    Unlike traditional warehouse automation, which relies on fixed conveyor systems and permanent infrastructure, autonomous mobile robots can be deployed simply using QR code floor markers and safety fencing.

    Geek+, which listed in Hong Kong last year in one of the biggest robotics share sales of 2025, has become the world’s largest supplier of autonomous mobile robots.