{"id":8403,"date":"2026-10-09T04:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2026-10-09T04:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:13:32","slug":"california-shut-down-rek-fighting-robot-company-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8403","title":{"rendered":"California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/08\/technology\/human-robot-cage-fights-california-rek.html\">as reported by <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid robot owned by a tech startup, Rek, that was being piloted by a human using what the <em>NYT<\/em> described as a \u201cremote virtual-reality system.\u201d Rek says it is the \u201cthe humanoid robot fighting league\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/rek.com\/fights\">its website<\/a>, and the robot appears to be one from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.engineai.com.cn\/\">EngineAI<\/a> but with a <em>Terminator<\/em>-like head swapped on top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The CEO of Rek, Cix Liv, posted the letter to X on September 30th, which called the fight \u201cunsanctioned\u201d and demanded that Liv and REK stop \u201cholding, promoting or advertising any boxing or mixed martial arts contest match, or exhibition, involving any human\u201d in California without the approval of the California State Athletic Commission. \u201cWe made it boys,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cixliv\/status\/2105443453807280336\">Liv said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1008401\/california-shut-down-rek-fighting-robot-company-human\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. 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