UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference

BERLIN (AP) — A U.N. technology agency assembled a group of robots that physically resembled humans at a news conference. The International Telecommunication Union invited reporters to ask them questions on Friday at an event meant to spark discussion about the future of artificial intelligence. The nine robots were posed along with some of the people who helped make them at a podium in a Geneva conference center for what the International Telecommunication Union billed as the world’s first news conference featuring humanoid social robots. Organizers said the event at the AI for Good Global Summit was meant to showcase the capabilities and limitations of robotics and how those technologies could help the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.