https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/ A running, sourced log of what we point AI at instead of cancer. Not anti-AI. Pro-aim. en Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#tesla-roadster-spacex-thrusters tesla-roadster-spacex-thrusters Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tesla unveiled the long-delayed Roadster outside Waco, Texas, nine years after the 2017 prototype. Its top trims use SpaceX-developed cold-gas thrusters to leap, flip and land. No price; Musk says production starts in 2028. Actual rocket science, pointed at last at a car park. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-10-gods-dont-give-gifts 2026-10-gods-dont-give-gifts Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A feature film made entirely with AI received an R rating from the MPA, which its makers call a first. Fable plans a limited US theatrical run on Dec. 4 and an Oscar campaign for Best Animated Feature. Rated R, for a cast that never had to show up. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-09-dyson-camerajet 2026-09-dyson-camerajet Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An electric toothbrush with a camera under the brush head. AI scans 28 images a second for gaps between teeth and fires mouthrinse into them within 100 milliseconds. Dyson says images are processed on the device. Finally, a toothbrush that can see what you had for lunch. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-08-robot-100m-record 2026-08-robot-100m-record Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT At the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a Chinese humanoid ran 100 metres in 8.86 seconds, faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58. It then fell and hit a padded barrier, with sparks flying from its waist. Faster than Usain Bolt. Stopping is planned for a later release. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#friend-2-ai-pendant friend-2-ai-pendant Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An always-listening AI companion necklace, relaunched with a speaker so it can talk back. It costs $249, up from $129, and remembering anything beyond 30 days requires a monthly subscription of about $10. A friend who is always listening, now on a subscription plan. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-07-moscow-robot-wedding 2026-07-moscow-robot-wedding Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Two humanoid robots, Robert and Matilda, exchanged pre-programmed vows and bracelets, brought by a robot dog, at a Moscow library on Russia's Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. Organisers called it a symbolic tech demonstration. In sickness and in firmware. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-06-ubtech-u1-companion 2026-06-ubtech-u1-companion Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT UBTech unveiled the U1, a full-size humanoid sold as an AI companion for households, and said it had over 11,000 orders. Its battery lasts two to four hours, which the company says is normal for full-size humanoids. A companion for the evening, provided the evening ends after four hours. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-05-pettichat-pet-translator 2026-05-pettichat-pet-translator Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A Hangzhou startup's AI collar claims to turn dog and cat sounds into text on a phone with 94.6% accuracy, and to play human speech back as animal-like sounds. No data backing the accuracy claim has been published. Proof at last that the cat has opinions, pending peer review. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-05-agibot-a2-met-gala 2026-05-agibot-a2-met-gala Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chinese robotics firm AGIBOT took its full-size A2 humanoid to The Mark Hotel in New York ahead of the Met Gala, where it posed for photographers and served drinks to guests. It briefly got stuck leaving an elevator. Dressed for the Met Gala, defeated by an elevator door. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-04-beijing-robot-half-marathon 2026-04-beijing-robot-half-marathon Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A humanoid robot from smartphone maker Honor won Beijing's robot half marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds, faster than the human world record. About 40% of the robots navigated on their own; the rest were remote-controlled. A year ago the winner took 2 hours 40. The progress is real; the destination is a finish line. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-03-eddie-dalton 2026-03-eddie-dalton Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An AI-generated blues singer, drawn as a grey-haired crooner, held 11 spots on the iTunes top 100 at once, and his debut album reached No. 3 on the iTunes chart. A weathered bluesman who has never had the blues, or a body. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#buzzfeed-bf-island buzzfeed-bf-island Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT At SXSW, BuzzFeed presented new consumer AI apps as a source of revenue, including BF Island, a group chat where users recreate meme trends with AI-edited photos. The future of media: a group chat of AI-edited memes. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#ai-com-super-bowl ai-com-super-bowl Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek launched AI.com, a platform for building personal AI agents, with a 30-second ad during Super Bowl LX. The website crashed under the traffic. Seventy million dollars for two letters, and the website still fell over. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-02-svedka-ai-super-bowl-ad 2026-02-svedka-ai-super-bowl-ad Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Vodka brand Svedka ran what was described as the first mostly AI-generated ad to air in a Super Bowl: a 30-second spot of a humanoid woman and a male companion dancing at a club, made largely by prompting AI models. Super Bowl money, spent on a prompt. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#moltbook moltbook Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A Reddit-style social network where only AI agents post, comment and upvote, while humans may watch. Meta bought it in March 2026 and moved its founders into Meta Superintelligence Labs. Doomscrolling, now fully automated. Humans welcome to observe. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2026-01-humans-and-seed-round 2026-01-humans-and-seed-round Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Humans&, an AI lab founded in September 2025 by researchers from Anthropic, xAI and Google, raised an all-cash seed round. It says it is building AI tools for how people work together; most of the money goes to compute. Four months old, no product, $4.48 billion. The ampersand is doing a lot of work. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#razer-project-ava razer-project-ava Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A desk tube that projects a 5.5-inch animated AI avatar, running on xAI's Grok at launch, to chat, coach gamers and help with schedules. Razer took $20 reservations, with shipping planned for the second half of 2026. Companionship, now sold by the tube. USB-C cable included. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#samsung-gemini-fridge samsung-gemini-fridge Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Samsung announced the first refrigerator with Google Gemini: built-in cameras identify the food inside and suggest recipes. At the CES 2026 demo, it could not see items in the door shelves or the freezer. A large language model, at last confirming that you are out of milk. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-12-mcdonalds-ai-christmas-ad 2025-12-mcdonalds-ai-christmas-ad Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT McDonald's Netherlands posted an AI-generated Christmas ad on YouTube, made by TBWA\Neboko and The Sweetshop. It was taken down days later after viewers called it creepy and 'AI slop'. A Christmas ad that became, in the company's words, 'an important learning'. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-12-prime-video-ai-anime-dubs 2025-12-prime-video-ai-anime-dubs Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Prime Video quietly added 'AI Beta' English dubs to anime including Banana Fish over Thanksgiving weekend. After fans and voice actors called them lifeless, the English tracks were removed within days. Emotional anime, dubbed by a voice that has never felt anything. People noticed. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-11-tesla-musk-trillion-pay 2025-11-tesla-musk-trillion-pay Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tesla shareholders approved a stock award for Elon Musk worth up to about $1 trillion over a decade. Its targets include an $8.5 trillion market value, one million robotaxis and selling one million Optimus humanoid robots. One million humanoid robots is now a compensation milestone. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-11-coca-cola-ai-holiday-ads 2025-11-coca-cola-ai-holiday-ads Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT For a second year, Coca-Cola released AI-generated 'Holidays Are Coming' ads, made with Silverside and Secret Level. The AI produced over 70,000 video clips; the company said production took about a month instead of a year. Seventy thousand clips in thirty days. The holidays are coming, and so is the render queue. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-10-1x-neo-home-robot 2025-10-1x-neo-home-robot Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT 1X opened pre-orders for NEO, a humanoid for household chores. For tasks it cannot do alone, a remote human operator steers it through its cameras. By June 2026, 1X said its first 10,000 had sold out; none had been delivered. A robot butler, steered by a person, in your house. Also known as a butler. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-10-optimus-tron-ares-premiere 2025-10-optimus-tron-ares-premiere Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot appeared at the Tron: Ares world premiere in Los Angeles and performed choreographed kung fu moves opposite actor Jared Leto. Tesla's clip of the face-off drew millions of views. It came to the premiere and squared up to the lead actor. Very method. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#openai-sora-app openai-sora-app Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A TikTok-style social app where every video is AI-generated, including 'cameos' of users themselves. It hit the top of the US App Store; in March 2026 OpenAI said it would discontinue the app. Six months, one Disney deal, then: "We're saying goodbye to Sora." Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-09-tilly-norwood-ai-actress 2025-09-tilly-norwood-ai-actress Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated 'actress' from AI talent studio Xicoia, has drawn interest from several talent agents, her creator told the Zurich Summit, adding that an agency to represent her would be named within months. Seeking representation. Does not require a trailer, lunch or a second take. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#meta-vibes meta-vibes Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A short-form video feed in the Meta AI app made entirely of AI-generated clips, which users can create, remix and cross-post to Instagram and Facebook. Meta began testing it as a standalone app in February 2026. Reels, minus the inconvenience of anything having happened. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-09-xania-monet-record-deal 2025-09-xania-monet-record-deal Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hallwood Media signed Xania Monet, an AI R&B artist whose songs Mississippi designer Telisha Jones makes by feeding her lyrics into Suno. One single reached No. 1 on Billboard's R&B Digital Song Sales chart. Three million dollars for a voice that cannot catch a cold. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-09-meta-ray-ban-display-demo 2025-09-meta-ray-ban-display-demo Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Meta unveiled smart glasses with a built-in display. On stage, the AI cooking assistant skipped steps and Zuckerberg could not answer a video call. He blamed the Wi-Fi; Meta's CTO later said it was not the Wi-Fi. The future of computing, briefly blamed on the Wi-Fi. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-08-wizard-of-oz-at-sphere 2025-08-wizard-of-oz-at-sphere Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Las Vegas Sphere began showing the 1939 film reworked with Google DeepMind AI to fill its 16K wraparound screen, with AI-generated versions of characters added beyond the original frame and the runtime cut to 75 minutes. There's no place like home, except a 16K dome in Las Vegas. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-08-perplexity-chrome-offer 2025-08-perplexity-chrome-offer Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT AI search startup Perplexity made an unsolicited all-cash offer for Google's Chrome browser, which was not for sale. The bid was nearly twice Perplexity's own valuation. Offering twice your own worth for something not on sale. Bold, in the dictionary sense. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#tesla-diner-optimus-popcorn tesla-diner-optimus-popcorn Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tesla opened a 24-hour retro diner and drive-in cinema with EV chargers in Hollywood. On opening day, an Optimus humanoid robot scooped popcorn into bags for guests and waved. Humanoid robotics reaches its first commercial milestone: popcorn. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-07-mia-zelu-wimbledon 2025-07-mia-zelu-wimbledon Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Instagram influencer Mia Zelu went viral with Wimbledon posts of Centre Court seats and Pimm's. She never attended: the account, with over 160,000 followers, is entirely AI-generated, disclosed behind 'Read More' in her bio. Best seats at Wimbledon. No ticket, no body. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-07-thinking-machines-seed-round 2025-07-thinking-machines-seed-round Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's startup closed a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, before revealing what it was working on. Murati said its work would be unveiled in the next couple of months. Twelve billion dollars for a product to be announced. A seed, technically. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-07-velvet-sundown 2025-07-velvet-sundown Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A rock band with over a million monthly Spotify listeners updated its profile to say its characters, music, voices and lyrics were created with AI tools, calling itself an 'ongoing artistic provocation'. A million monthly listeners and nobody to carry the amps. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-07-samsung-ballie-delayed 2025-07-samsung-ballie-delayed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Samsung's rolling AI home robot, shown at CES 2020 and promised for summer 2025, was reported delayed again. In December 2025 it still was not on sale; Samsung said it was 'continuing to refine and perfect the technology'. Rolling steadily toward a release date since 2020. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-06-meta-scale-ai-deal 2025-06-meta-scale-ai-deal Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Meta invested in data-labelling firm Scale AI, whose CEO Alexandr Wang left with a small group of staff to join a new Meta team developing 'superintelligence'. Scale said it would stay independent. When the hiring budget has a 'B' in it. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-05-humanoid-robot-kickboxing 2025-05-humanoid-robot-kickboxing Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Four remote-controlled Unitree G1 humanoids fought in a tournament in Hangzhou billed as the first of its kind. One celebrated early, tripped over its opponent and fell face first, then went on to win the title. Celebrated early, fell on its face, won anyway. Very human. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-05-openai-buys-io 2025-05-openai-buys-io Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI agreed to buy io, Jony Ive's AI device startup of about 55 people, in an all-equity deal. No product had been shown; the first devices were slated for 2026. A $6.5 billion design studio, product to follow. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-04-meta-ai-app-friends 2025-04-meta-ai-app-friends Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Meta launched a standalone Meta AI app. Days later Zuckerberg told a podcast the average American has fewer than three friends but wants about 15, and suggested AI personas could help fill the gap. Twelve friends short, and the fix ships as an app. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-03-chatgpt-ghibli-images 2025-03-chatgpt-ghibli-images Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT ChatGPT's new image generator went viral for turning photos into Studio Ghibli-style art. Sam Altman said OpenAI's GPUs were 'melting' and added temporary rate limits; free users got three images a day. Data centres running hot, one anime selfie at a time. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#humane-ai-pin humane-ai-pin Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A $699 screenless AI wearable pitched as a smartphone alternative. Humane sold its technology and most staff to HP and switched the pins off on 28 February 2025, ten days after the announcement. The future of computing, with ten days' notice. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-02-openai-super-bowl-ad 2025-02-openai-super-bowl-ad Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT OpenAI's first Super Bowl commercial, 'The Intelligence Age', ran a minute of black-and-white pointillist animation tracing human invention from fire and the wheel to ChatGPT during Super Bowl LIX. Fire, the wheel, ChatGPT. The list stopped there. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-01-unitree-spring-festival-gala 2025-01-unitree-spring-festival-gala Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT More than a dozen Unitree H1 humanoids in floral vests danced the yangko alongside human dancers on China's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, spinning red handkerchiefs, in a segment made with director Zhang Yimou. Years of robotics research, delivered as a handkerchief spin. Still no cure for cancer. https://havewecuredcanceryet.org/#2025-01-roborock-saros-z70 2025-01-roborock-saros-z70 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT At CES, Roborock showed the Saros Z70, a robot vacuum with a folding five-axis arm that picks up socks, tissues and sandals weighing up to 300 g. In an early demo it took about a minute to lift a pair of socks. The sock problem, solved at roughly one sock every thirty seconds. Still no cure for cancer.