News Summary

• Melania Trump showed up with a humanoid robot at a press conference on Wednesday.
• The bot gave a brief speech, chirping: “I am grateful to be part of this historic movement to empower children with technology and education.” The bizarre spectacle was part of the first lady’s newly launched initiative, the Fostering the Future Together global summit.
• The event easily evoked dystopian visions of the future — ones in which the humble (human) school teacher has been replaced by a Terminator-shaped server stack that can walk and speak Latin.