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Over time, Trump has gone from denying any involvement in Project 2025 to promoting his connection to one of its key authors on Truth Social. Here's a full timeline of what the president has said about the plan.

This documentary explores mind files, AI avatars, and the transhumanist quest for digital immortality, plus the skeptics who say biology is irreplaceable.

A new study found that more than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are low-quality AI content. 278 channels alone have racked up 63 billion views and generate roughly $117 million per year.

Washington Post first reported these plans from a draft solicitation from ICE to contractors. These converted warehouses, which reportedly will be located in Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri, will hold up to 80,000 migrants. According to the Post, ICE plans to share the draft solicitation with private detention companies to gauge interest and refine its plans before formally requesting bids.

The acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, said in April that President Donald Trump's administration's goal is to deport immigrants with the efficiency of Amazon packages. He said, "Like Prime, but with human beings." At the beginning of December, ICE had more than 68,000 migrants in detention, with 48% of those people having no criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, according to the Post.

Chinese startup UBTECH Robotics just snagged a $37M contract to deploy its Walker S2 humanoid robots at the China-Vietnam border in Fangchenggang, where they'll guide passenger queues, direct vehicles, patrol corridors, and inspect cargo containers. The deployment follows China's 2023 directive to build a national humanoid robotics innovation system by 2025.

The company just rolled out Qingtian Rent, a rental platform that lets you hire robots for weddings, concerts, trade shows, and business meetings. AgiBot’s advanced Yuanzheng A2 model rents for $1,380 per day, while budget options like the Unitree Go2 robot dog start at $138 daily. The move could potentially reshape the global robotics market: China's rental sector hit $140M in 2025 and is projected to explode to $1.4B next year.