You can argue and dance with the robots

Ashley Davis31/05/2025

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AI – this shortcut has become so popular that many technology companies no longer want to use it in their communication. Not that they do not use artificial intelligence – of course they use – but it just became so obvious that fewer and fewer startups see the need to emphasize it.

Robots in various incarnations seem to be the hottest technology. Increasingly – thanks to access to AI models – they can almost freely conversate with people. Waias, a company from German Dresden, presented a machine that could be asked questions. I asked the robot about the most beautiful cities in Poland – he mentioned Krakow, Warsaw and Gdańsk, but he added that “the most beautiful city in Poland is those that speak to your heart best.”

However, I tried to go further – and ask the robot about climate change. To provoke the machine, I asked if climate change could be considered as forgery. The robot almost offended me and with a disgusted expression on his face replied that the overwhelming majority of scientists believe that the climate is changing – and that it is man's fault.

But there were many more robots at the fair – some danced, others pretended to be a dog. At one of the events accompanying the fair, I met an entrepreneur from Colombia, who moved to Germany to use works in this market for painting rooms in apartments. He said that the demand is considerable – also because the German market has a problem finding employees for physical work.

Robot at the Thales stand

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New competition is growing to Europe

It is a truism to say that Europe has been losing the technological race to the US or China so far. The theme of numerous panels and meetings was whether the Old Continent could make up for the distance. Certainly Europe is not without a chance – at the fair you could see a lot of promising startups. For example, the Polish company Abyss Glass, which presented an interactive mirror with Avatar, with which you can talk. However, Europe still has no access to such technologies – but also to funds – like companies from China or the USA.

But more quietly in the world of technology there are also other regions that Europe may be afraid of. For example, the United Arab Emirates are digitizing very quickly, which no longer want to be considered a region that only develops thanks to oil and tourism. But in the AI revolution, non -obvious countries like Kazakhstan or Kenya also use. In these two countries, more Gitex conferences are to take place.

– Europe is growing. Politicians ensure that time for acceleration and deregulation of the rules, but unfortunately not much is happening in practice – one of the managers of a large company that I talked to during the fair complained unofficially.

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Technologies straight from “Black Mirror” become a reality

One of the most interesting stands had the Dubai government at the fair. For example, a GHIATH vehicle was presented there – a new police car of the local police. The car is equipped with 360-degree cameras that can recognize the faces of drivers of passed cars. Cameras will also immediately alert the policeman in a cart if any driver looks tired – or under the influence of some means.

Gyth, a new cart of Dubai police

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Until recently, such things seemed straight from the series “Black Mirror” – now they become a reality. “It seems to me that we will not be sure soon whether we are talking to a man or a robot,” said one of the journalists when we talked about the WaiYys stand. Ironia sounded in his voice, but I am not convinced that many years are divided into such situations to become a reality.