Sophia is powered by artificial intelligence, and the film shows the struggles David Hanson and his team navigate to improve the robot's technology and secure investors to fund the project.

All of these events and more appear in the new documentary “My Robot Sophia” (on digital platforms), but the film skirts gimmicks to go in a more tricky and unsettling direction.

The humanoid robot, which is named Sophia, will be witnessed by more than 2,000 students, staff and family at the Harborcenter on May 11.

RELATED: 'Sophia,' an AI robot, will give D'Youville University's commencement speech Students and faculty even went as far as drawing up petitions, which already have nearly 2,000 signatures.

The robot, named Sophia, gave painfully generic answers and even plugged the AI industry. Many students felt "disrespected" by the decision.

"We're going to have to break you, to rebuild you." Gravitas has unveiled the official trailer for a peculiar documentary film titled My Robot Sophia, formerly known as Sophia originally. The doc ...

D’Youville University announced its spring 2024 commencement speaker will be an AI robot named Sophia. 7 News spoke with students who raised questions about the decision.

Check out the trailer for 'My Robot Sophia,' an upcoming sci-fi documentary that is more relevant than ever. Inventor David Hanson is on a relentless quest to bring compassion and consciousness to ...