China upstages Super Bowl halftime show with robo-filled Spring Gala kickoff event
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China upstages Super Bowl halftime show with robo-filled Spring Gala kickoff event
Description
February 8, 2016
Many overseas Chinese came together to watch the annual China Central Television (CCTV) Spring Festival Gala on Sunday, as part of their cherished Lunar New Year tradition - including an incredible robot-filled musical performance that some are saying upstaged the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.
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China upstages Super Bowl halftime show with robo-filled Spring Gala kickoff event02:28 | February 8, 2016 -
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Anthropic to implement invisible watermarks in its AI-generated content00:40 | August 13, 2026 -
Ford announces new Ontario ‘playbook’ to attract data centre investments03:01 | August 13, 2026 -
Spotify to label AI-generated artists with ‘AI Persona’ tags, avoid promoting them00:31 | August 12, 2026 -
China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes moments after takeoff00:58 | August 11, 2026 -
Meta ordered to pay $567M to address harms to children’s mental health08:50 | August 8, 2026 -
McGuinty announces $20.3M ‘quantum defence hub’ in Calgary05:35 | August 6, 2026 -
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1st Canada-based mathematician to win the Fields Medal is now focused on AI05:32 | July 31, 2026 -
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Petition aimed to create AI regulations signed by over 1,000 developers02:09 | July 29, 2026 -
Carney says decision to rescind ‘Netflix tax’ was made in the interest of affordability04:53 | July 29, 2026 -
‘Unprecedented’: OpenAI goes rogue, hacks into another AI company during cybersecurity test04:57 | July 27, 2026 -
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OpenAI blames rogue AI models for ‘unprecedented’ hacking event07:25 | July 25, 2026 -
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OpenAI claims rogue model hacked other site01:59 | July 22, 2026 -
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New York becomes 1st US state to introduce moratorium on AI data centres02:04 | July 14, 2026 -
Feds to build drone research facility in Quebec03:14 | July 14, 2026 -
Meta to build $13B data centre in Alberta06:47 | July 11, 2026 -
Why there’s growing pushback against AI data centres01:58 | July 9, 2026 -
Danielle Smith announces deal with Meta to build new AI data centre in Alberta01:40 | July 8, 2026 -
Humanoid robots take to the pitch in South Korea at RoboCup 2026 finals02:59 | July 5, 2026 -
Business Matters: Top central bankers weigh in on inflation, interest rates, and AI02:11 | July 2, 2026 -
Canada announces $688M contract for RADARSAT replenishment satellite00:18 | June 30, 2026 -
Business Matters: Apple, Microsoft raise prices, blame higher costs for memory chips02:33 | June 26, 2026
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China upstages Super Bowl halftime show with robo-filled Spring Gala kickoff event02:28 | February 8, 2016
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Anthropic to implement invisible watermarks in its AI-generated content00:40 | August 13, 2026
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China upstages Super Bowl halftime show with robo-filled Spring Gala kickoff event
Description
February 8, 2016
Many overseas Chinese came together to watch the annual China Central Television (CCTV) Spring Festival Gala on Sunday, as part of their cherished Lunar New Year tradition - including an incredible robot-filled musical performance that some are saying upstaged the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.
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