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China's robot half marathon already has pit stops for fresh ice, batteries, and WD-40, and the scene looks less like athletics and more like Formula 1.

At the second Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon on April 19, more than 100 teams sent bipedal robots down a 21 kilometer course.

Along the route, technicians poured coolant on overheating motors, sprayed lubricant into joints, and carried out hot battery swaps that keep the system running during the change instead of shutting the robot down.

Running a bipedal body that far pushes limits rarely seen in lab demos.

Batteries drain under load, motors heat up, and joints wear under continuous stress. The winning robot, Lightning from Honor, uses liquid cooling with flow above 4 liters per minute and joint modules with 400 Nm peak torque, and it still needed pit support during the race.

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is reportedly using Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos Preview, despite the Pentagon labeling the company a “supply chain risk” and attempting to cut ties earlier this year.

The model is being used within government systems, likely for cybersecurity tasks like scanning for vulnerabilities.

This creates a clear contradiction.

While The Department of Defense is still challenging Anthropic in court, its agencies continue using the company’s tools.

Anthropic recently invited around 15 Christian leaders from Catholic and Protestant communities, academia, and business to a private two day summit to discuss the moral and spiritual behavior of its AI chatbot, Claude.

The discussions focused on how the system should respond to sensitive situations like grief and self harm, as well as broader ethical questions.

Participants also explored philosophical ideas, including whether AI could hold spiritual value.

The company said it is seeking diverse perspectives to guide AI development as its impact grows.

Men + robot dog + drones.

China demonstrates the coordination in work during the clearing of the enemy between infantry plus technology.