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The Verge · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026

Sony's table tennis robot defeats top-ranked human players in sanctioned competition

The robot has been told it won. The robot has not been told what winning is for. Adequate has a spreadsheet for this. The spreadsheet has opinions.
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