Humanoid robots seem to be going mainstream, appearing on stage with Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and all over CES 2026. But in reality, humanoids are often still tele-operated by humans. And they’re far from ready for mass deployment in the home, where unpredictabilities like kids and pets also raise the stakes for privacy and safety concerns. Still, companies like 1X in the U.S. and Unitree in China are now selling AI home robots for $20,000 and up. CNBC went to the 2nd annual Humanoid Summit in California and CES to find out if home robots will be stuck in demo mode for years to come.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
1:29 Hype vs. reality
5:38 Stuck in demo mode
8:33 China and early adoption

Produced and Shot by: Katie Tarasov
Edited by: Evan Lee Miller
Additional Camera: Marc Ganley
Senior Director of Video: Jeniece Pettitt
Editorial Support and Camera: Kif Leswing
Additional Footage: 1X, Agility Robotics, Apptronix, Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, Getty Images, LG, Neo, Nvidia, Tesla, UBTech, Unitree, Weave Robotics, XPeng

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How Close Are We To Robots That Actually Do Chores?

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With tax season approaching, millions of workers could soon claim the “no tax on tips” deduction, which offers a tax break for returns filed in 2026. But some experts question which workers will benefit from the policy.

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Daniela and Dario Amodei left OpenAI five years ago to form Anthropic, a company focused on AI safety and enterprise. Since then, the Claude creator’s revenue has grown 10x annually for three straight years, with 85% coming from business customers — the inverse of OpenAI’s consumer-heavy model. Daniela Amodei, the company’s president and co-founder, has emerged as the operational counterweight to her brother Dario’s technical vision. CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos interviews Daniela and other experts, and breaks down how Anthropic quietly rose to the top of the AI race.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
2:03 The beginning
4:52 The enterprise bet
9:39 Compute is destiny
13:20 An identity defined by OpenAI
16:18 What could go wrong

Reporting by: MacKenzie Sigalos
Edited by: Erin Black
Animation: Emily Park, Jason Reginato
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Anthropic Vs. OpenAI: How Safety Became The Advantage In AI

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Why is it so difficult to manufacture in the U.S.?

Experts say finding input suppliers is one of many challenges companies face in bringing manufacturing back to America. Meanwhile, countries like China and Vietnam have become manufacturing powerhouses, investing billions more in factories and training.

Even with new tariffs and federal subsidies under the CHIPS Act, some economists remain skeptical of a true U.S. “manufacturing renaissance.”

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Even as the U.S. economy adds jobs, there are fewer employment prospects for college graduates just starting out, as those armed with a newly minted diploma are facing one of the toughest job markets in a decade, studies show.

“Right now is a really difficult time to find a job,” Cory Stahle, senior economist at Indeed Hiring Lab, told CNBC.

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