{
  "id": 97818,
  "title": "Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trumps-ai-protectionism-has-come-for-robotics",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-03T18:43:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/03/1141056/trumps-ai-protectionism-has-come-for-robotics/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It’s a nascent industry, and such robots…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}