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AI robot tech bros dogs run wild in Berlin gallery
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In Germany, robotic AI dogs with the faces of tech's most powerful men are on the loose, courtesy of American artist Beeple. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 1, 2026.)
Key facts
- In Germany, robotic AI dogs with the faces of tech's most powerful men are on the loose, courtesy of American artist Beeple. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 1, 2026.)
- NICHOLSON: As the robot dogs wag their motorized tails and pant electronic peeps, a wave of recognition hits gallery visitors like 63-year-old Corien Bogels (ph)
- CORIEN BOGELS: First, the reporter was laughing because it was so funny
- NICHOLSON: That's Mark (ph) Winkelmann
- also known as Beeple
- the artist who created these tech bro robotic dogs and several other dogs resembling Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and even himself
Summary
A pack of AI-controlled robotic dogs has been let loose on the public in Germany. ESME NICHOLSON, BYLINE: Downstairs in the basement of one of Berlin's national galleries, there's a pen-like enclosure, a kind of pound for what look like stray dogs. He looks eager to please, doesn't he?