AI-powered robot dances for Putin days after another Russian robot stumbles


Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sberbank's CEO German Gref visit the exhibition of the international conference on artificial intelligence "AI Journey", in Moscow, Russia, November 19, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) -An AI-powered robot danced for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at an exhibition put on by Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, designed to showcase the company technological advances.

The performance, which was shown on state TV, showed the Kremlin chief standing opposite the humanoid robot as it explained to him what it was before dancing to what it said was its favourite track.

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