1363 Results From "automation"

Researchers at Harvard have created a tiny cockroach-inspired robot that is only about the size of a penny and weighs only 0.3 grams.
Robotics

Watch Harvard’s Penny-Sized Robot Scuttle Around Like a Cockroach

By Victor Tangermann

Welcome to the Futurism Mailbag! Here's what you, our loyal Futurism readers, have had to say via social media and email.
Future Society

“No Chance Is a Corporation Going Near My Brain”: Futurism Mailbag

By Jon Christian

According to a new report, Tesla's "million mile" battery could make its EVs far cheaper and also last much longer thanks to new technologies.
Tesla

Tesla Leak Describes Upcoming “Million Mile” Battery

By Victor Tangermann

In order to make space missions cheaper and safer, Japan is considering replacing astronauts with humanoid telepresence robots.
Robotics

Japanese Startup Wants to Replace Astronauts With Space Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are developing smart lunar habitats that can autonomously sense damage and repair themselves on a future moon settlement.
Moon

These Self-Repairing Lunar Habitats Could Help Settle the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

In order to enforce its lockdown measures, China has been installing surveillance cameras aimed directly at people's front doors or inside their homes.
Future Society

China Is Installing Surveillance Cameras Inside People’s Homes

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon warehouses could be fully automated in about a decade, but for now, humans are still better than bots at picking merchandise.
Robots and Machines

Amazon Says It Could Have Fully Automated Warehouses in 10 Years

By Kristin Houser

Programmers are creating Tinder bots to swipe for them on the platform and, in some cases, have basic conversations with their matches.
Future Society

Programmers Are Creating Chatbots to Flirt on Tinder For Them

By Kristin Houser

After investing $2.5 billion into a robot-controlled hedge fund and losing millions, Samathur Li Kin-kan is suing the company that sold him on the AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Investor Sues After an AI’s Automated Trades Cost Him $20 Million

By Kristin Houser

AI tech composed a Britney Spears song in the style of Frank Sinatra. It was struck down by copyright claims, launching an unprecedented legal case.
Future Society

A Bot Made Frank Sinatra Cover Britney Spears. YouTube Removed It Over Copyright Claims.

By Dan Robitzski

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) compared facial recognition tech to the dystopian sci-fi series "Black Mirror" during a House committee meeting.
Facial recognition

AOC Warns That Facial Recognition Is “Real-Life ‘Black Mirror'”

By Kristin Houser

Future studies researcher Roey Tzezana says workplace automation will mean the destruction of the middle class and the "end of the world as we know it."
Future Society

Futurist Predicts “The End of the World as We Know It”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.
DNA

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

By Dan Robitzski

Makr Shakr, the company behind a robot bartender called Toni, says it will offer monthly stipends to displaced workers for every robot it sells.
Robotics

Robot Bartender Developer Wants to Pay the Humans It Replaces

By Dan Robitzski

Boeing's Starliner missed its intended orbit for its first mission and burned up too much fuel to complete its planned journey to the ISS.
Boeing

Boeing’s Starliner Fails First Attempt to Reach Space Station

By Kristin Houser

Israel-based startup Seedo has announced plans to create the world's first automated cannabis farm — and it might not be the last.
Artificial Intelligence

Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”

By Kristin Houser

Would having a robot draw your blood make the process easier? Thanks to engineers at Rutgers University that may soon be an option.
Robotics

Engineers Built an AI-Powered Robot to Take Your Blood

By Jacob Banas

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

By Dan Robitzski

For the last six months, a highly-automated dairy farm has been floating off the coast of the Netherlands, providing city slickers with fresh milk.
Future Society

35 Cows Live on a Floating Dairy Farm Staffed by Robots

By Dan Robitzski

As robots and AI replace more and more workers, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez argues we need a national safety net to provide for the displaced.
Future Society

AOC: Automation Means “More Time Enjoying the World We Live In”

By Dan Robitzski

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo