Microsoft patented a chatbot that would let you talk to dead people. It was too disturbing for production – CNN

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It could one day be used to clean your local grocery store or school.”},{“title”:”Boston Dynamics’ ‘Spot’ robot is finally for sale”,”duration”:”00:57″,”sourceName”:”CNN Business”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2020/06/16/boston-dynamics-spot-for-sale-commercial-use-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2020/06/16/boston-dynamics-spot-for-sale-commercial-use-orig.cnn-business”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200616131705-spot-robot-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2020/06/16/boston-dynamics-spot-for-sale-commercial-use-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/business-robots/”,”description”:”Boston Dynamics is making its famous robot, “Spot,” available for commercial and industrial purpose in the US. The “Explorer” model starts at $74,500.”,”descriptionText”:”Boston Dynamics is making its famous robot, “Spot,” available for commercial and industrial purpose in the US. The “Explorer” model starts at $74,500.”},{“title”:”Watch this NASA rover-inspired robot navigate tricky terrain”,”duration”:”00:56″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2020/05/13/mini-rover-experiment-scn-lon-orig-tp.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2020/05/13/mini-rover-experiment-scn-lon-orig-tp.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200513122604-01-mini-rover-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2020/05/13/mini-rover-experiment-scn-lon-orig-tp.cnn/video/playlists/business-robots/”,”description”:”The “Mini Rover,” a scaled down, 3D-printed model of a NASA rover concept was developed by researchers at Georgia Tech.”,”descriptionText”:”The “Mini Rover,” a scaled down, 3D-printed model of a NASA rover concept was developed by researchers at Georgia Tech.”},{“title”:”Watch robot change its shape like a ‘Transformer'”,”duration”:”00:54″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2020/03/19/stanford-robot-changing-shapes-eg-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2020/03/19/stanford-robot-changing-shapes-eg-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200319190156-stanford-robot-changing-shapes-3-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2020/03/19/stanford-robot-changing-shapes-eg-orig.cnn/video/playlists/business-robots/”,”description”:”Engineers at Stanford University created a robot made out of inflatable tubes and small machines that could be useful in space exploration.”,”descriptionText”:”Engineers at Stanford University created a robot made out of inflatable tubes and small machines that could be useful in space exploration.”},{“title”:”See the world’s first living, self-healing robots”,”duration”:”01:25″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2020/01/14/living-robots-stem-cells-frogs-lon-orig-tp.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2020/01/14/living-robots-stem-cells-frogs-lon-orig-tp.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200114110026-02-xenobots-uvm-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2020/01/14/living-robots-stem-cells-frogs-lon-orig-tp.cnn/video/playlists/business-robots/”,”description”:”Created using stem cells from frogs, these self-healing robots can travel inside human bodies and survive for weeks without food.”,”descriptionText”:”Created using stem cells from frogs, these self-healing robots can travel inside human bodies and survive for weeks without food.”},{“title”:”Watch these adorable robots frolic in leaves”,”duration”:”01:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN Business”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2019/11/08/mit-mini-cheetah-robots-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2019/11/08/mit-mini-cheetah-robots-orig.cnn-business”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191108174259-mit-mini-cheetah-robot-soccer-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2019/11/08/mit-mini-cheetah-robots-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/business-robots/”,”description”:”MIT’s Biomimetic Robotics Lab showed off its mini cheetah robots on a fall day. 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