A man buys coffee at a Galbot coffee station in Beijing on September 22, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)

A Galbot robot waits to serve customers at a mini market in Beijing on September 22, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph, taken on September 18, 2026, shows the wiring connecting an ethanol conversion kit to the engine's fuel injectors at a mechanic's garage in central Marseille. The technology allows a gasoline engine to run interchangeably on conventional gasoline, E85 super-ethanol, or any blend of the two in the same tank. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph, taken on September 18, 2026, shows an ethanol conversion kit, a technology that allows a gasoline engine to run interchangeably on conventional gasoline, E85 super-ethanol, or any blend of the two in the same tank, at a mechanic's garage in central Marseille. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 18, 2026, shows a mechanic installing an ethanol conversion kit on a car at a mechanic's garage in central Marseille. The technology allows a gasoline engine to run interchangeably on conventional gasoline, E85 super-ethanol, or any blend of the two in the same tank. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP via Getty Images)

Santiago Siri, 42, an Argentine software developer and creator of "El Primer Feca" ("coffee" spelled backwards), an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence using journalist avatars, shows the platform during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on September 18, 2026. "Written by no one, read by everyone," proclaims the website of an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence, raising concerns among local journalists over threats to jobs and content plagiarism, while its founder calls for "less obscurantism." (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

Santiago Siri, 42, an Argentine software developer and creator of "El Primer Feca" ("coffee" spelled backwards), an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence using journalist avatars, poses for a picture during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on September 18, 2026. "Written by no one, read by everyone," proclaims the website of an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence, raising concerns among local journalists over threats to jobs and content plagiarism, while its founder calls for "less obscurantism." (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

Santiago Siri, 42, an Argentine software developer and creator of "El Primer Feca" ("coffee" spelled backwards), an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence using journalist avatars, poses for a picture during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on September 18, 2026. "Written by no one, read by everyone," proclaims the website of an Argentine news outlet produced entirely by artificial intelligence, raising concerns among local journalists over threats to jobs and content plagiarism, while its founder calls for "less obscurantism." (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)