Foreign media: U.S. artificial intelligence and robotics company executives warned at a congressional hearing that the rapid development of human-like robots in China has posed a threat to the United States' industry leadership and national security, with a key focus on Unitree Robotics.
Feikeng, Global Policy Director at Scale AI, used Unitree Robotics' performance at this year's Spring Festival Gala as an example. Last year, the same robot could only barely perform simple dance steps, but this year it can complete backflips and martial arts moves, and the video quickly went viral. He said that this rate of progress is the terrifying part of the competition, "winning this competition requires the government to mobilize the entire country."
Executives from companies like Boston Dynamics have recommended that the government take multiple measures, including conducting national security investigations of Chinese robot manufacturers, placing AI reasoning chips under export controls, and considering a ban on federal agencies purchasing specific Chinese AI and robot technologies.
This hearing marks that humanoid robots may become a new battlefield in the technological rivalry between China and the United States, and the U.S. government is preparing systematic policies to respond to China's rapid rise in this field.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859992021855239/
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