take live callers and choose to play millions of songs — well, ones that fall under amazon's license agreements. it's still in beta so, professional djs, yourjobs are still relatively safe for now. and finally, a robot cheetah that's learned to run by trial and error. see, running is much harder than walking for robots, which is why this is a big deal. mit's improbable ai lab focused on programming this quick—witted quadruped to adapt to its surroundings using reinforcement learning, resulting in a record—breaking running speed for this specific robot platform. a clawless victory! after a three—year—long covid—enforced hiatus, south by southwest and its creative crowd are once more converging upon the lone star state. south by, as it's affectionately known by people in the know, is something intangible, something indefinable — dare i say fluid?