1473 Results From "automation"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Special modified human stem cells were able to control blood sugar levels in a demonstration involving diabetic mice by secreting insulin.
Studies

Diabetic Mice “Cured Rapidly” Using Human Stem Cells

By Victor Tangermann

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

Boston Dynamics' popular robot dog Spot is going to work on an offshore oil rig managed by Norwegian oil company Aker BP.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Going to Work on an Oil Rig

By Kristin Houser

Engineers at Stanford have taught a self-driving DeLorean how to drift around a complex track that even human drivers would struggle with.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a Self-Driving DeLorean Burn Rubber on a Stunt Course

By Victor Tangermann

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

In the shadow of the global coronavirus outbreak, public thinkers are starting to propose paying people to stay home and avoid spreading the deadly disease.
Developments

Here’s an Idea: The Government Should Pay People to Stay Home

By Jon Christian

Keeping track of an immense and growing amount of objects in Earth's orbit is becoming increasingly difficult and could end in disaster, as NPR reports.
Space

Experts Call for System Preventing Satellite Collisions

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX hopes to prove that NASA astronauts will be safe aboard Crew Dragon by deliberately destroying a Falcon 9 rocket soon after launch.
Falcon

SpaceX Is Going to Blow up a Falcon 9 Rocket Just After Launch

By Kristin Houser

Amid a wave of controversy, the Army is now attempting to convince the public that its ATLAS program won't lead to the creation of autonomous killer robots.
Military

US Military: Our “Lethality Automated System” Definitely Isn’t a Killer Robot

By Kristin Houser

Internet experts are tracking the bizarrely-coordinated #WeVapeWeVote campaign on Twitter that's trying to convince politicians to abandon the vape ban.
Robots and Machines

Hardcore Vapers Are Trying to Lobby US Politicians

By Dan Robitzski

A small survey shows that most Chinese workers would prefer to be managed by an impartial AI algorithm than a human, in a positive twist on job automation.
Future Society

88 Percent of Chinese Workers Would Prefer a Robot Boss

By Dan Robitzski

Truck drivers in Missouri are trying to get self-driving trucks banned in the state over concerns that they would get automated out of a job.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Truckers Want to Ban Self-Driving Trucks in Missouri

By Dan Robitzski

Latest

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
Artificial Intelligence

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.
Artificial Intelligence

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.
Artificial Intelligence

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

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo