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Sony is halting sales of its robotic puppy "aibo" in Japan, the company said, eight years after the latest model of its interactive android pet became an instant hit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Each human model and their shorter android companion took turns to strut their stuff in unison on stage.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
He doesn’t look hand-stitched — he looks a little like a modern android.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
But he could not work up much concern for Roy Baty; he caught, from Dave’s jottings, a repellent quality hanging about this particular android.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Do androids dream of electric balls and strikes—plus some other questions on baseball’s Opening Day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
You know the species because androids have been a mainstay of science fiction since before Isaac Asimov coined the “three laws of robotics” for a novelette published in 1942.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
Decades after Philip K. Dick asked if androids dreamed of electric sheep, we have an answer.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Maybe androids weren’t as rare as she thought—maybe she just hadn’t noticed them.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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