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Public story · 2026-08-30 · source-backed
Meta is testing hardware from Watney Robotics, Kinova and ABB on cable swaps, server power-cycling and hardware reseating, against 2026 capital spending of $130B to $145B. Staff told reporters the concern is a shift away from experienced troubleshooting technicians toward lower-paid "smart hands" executing instructions generated by an AI agent when robots get stuck. (Ars Technica) The systems fall well short of replacement today: inventory robots struggle with cables and corners, need humans to move them between buildings, and can't reliably read some equipment indicators.
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Meta confirmed a flaw in its AI-assisted account-recovery chatbot let attackers hijack at least 20,225 accounts between April 17 and early June. Ask the bot to change an account's email, and it fired a password-reset link to an unverified address. Meta only noticed on May 31 a...
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