It seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere in our virtual lives. It's in our search results and our phones. But what happens when AI moves out of the chat and into the real world? NPR science editor and correspondent <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/279612138/geoff-brumfiel"target="_blank" >Geoff Brumfiel</a> took a trip to the Intelligence through Robotic Interaction at Scale Lab at Stanford University to see how scientists are using AI to power robots and the large hurtles that exist for them to perform even simple tasks. (encore)Read Geoff's <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5323897/researchers-are-rushing-to-build-ai-powered-robots-but-will-they-work"target="_blank" >full story</a>.<div class="hr" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><hr>Interested in more AI stories? Email us your ideas at <a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"target="_blank" >shortwave@npr.org</a>.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/shortwave"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/shortwave</a>.</div> Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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