1494 Results From "automation"

In areas where access to abortion is limited, Google Maps sometimes directs people looking for clinics to anti-abortion facilities instead.
Science & Energy

Google Is Still Misleading People Trying to Find Abortion Clinics

By Dan Robitzski

A pharmacy call center has deployed AI that coaches human employees how to have more empathy with frustrated customers on the phone.
Artificial Intelligence

In a Strange Twist, This AI Tries to Teach Empathy to Humans

By Dan Robitzski

Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian
Future Society

Automation Could Destroy Poor Economies, Says Historian

By Jon Christian

Deaths, injuries, and suicide attempts have landed Amazon on a list of the country’s most dangerous employers according to a new report from The Guardian.
Future Society

After Deaths, Amazon Lands on List of Most Dangerous Employers

By Natalie Coleman

For the past few months, UPS has sent giant self-driving trucks on the roads to deliver cargo loads between Phoenix, Tucson, and Arizona.
Self-Driving Vehicles

UPS Has Been Quietly Shipping Packages on Self-Driving Trucks

By Victor Tangermann

AI built to detect hate speech online, including a widely-used tool built by Google, tends to flag tweets written by black people as toxic more often.
Google

Google’s Hate Speech-Detecting AI is Biased Against Black People

By Dan Robitzski

Now there's an AI assistant to help DJs pick songs for their sets in real time. It's unclear what, exactly, is left for the DJ to do.
Artificial Intelligence

If You Were Worried DJs Were Working Too Hard, This Idiotic AI Literally Picks Songs for Them

By Dan Robitzski

The upcoming "Cats" movie will use something called "digital fur technology" to turn stars like Taylor Swift into giant cats.
Science & Energy

“Digital Fur Technology” Will Turn Taylor Swift Into a Cat

By Dan Robitzski

A new CGI system can create a fully-rendered video game character based on a performer's motion capture data in real time.
Robots and Machines

Amazing Tech Turns You Into a CGI Character In Real Time

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's AI automatically tracked and fired hundreds of fulfillment center employees for failing to meet productivity quotas.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Used An AI to Automatically Fire Low-Productivity Workers

By Victor Tangermann

A Tesla executive revealed that the number one reason Tesla customers visit service centers is to learn how to use Autopilot.
Tesla

People Are Going to Tesla Service Centers Just to Learn About Autopilot

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Reuters exclusive, Amazon is rolling out specially-made machines that are capable of boxing up orders — a job "held by thousands."
Future Society

Amazon Now Has Machines to Automatically Box Up Orders

By Victor Tangermann

A haptic feedback vest could help working dogs perform their jobs better than before by issuing specific commands through controlled vibrations.
Robot Dogs

A Vibrating Haptic Feedback Vest Could “Steer” Rescue Dogs

By Dan Robitzski

Watch as a glider-style drone composed of five mini-drones inspired by tiny seed pods bursts apart in mid-air to deliver its payloads.
Drones

This Bizarre Drone Splits Into Five Mini-Drones Mid-Air

By Kristin Houser

A new report by Spain's IE University found that a quarter of Europeans would rather be governed by artificial intelligence than a human politician.
Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Europeans Trust AI More Than Politicians

By Dan Robitzski

Engineer and author Kevin Morris argues that an "economic singularity" may be coming, where robots and AI can automate all the jobs there are.
Future Society

New Futurist Fear: “Economic Singularity” Could Kill Jobs Forever

By Dan Robitzski

The number of robot workers to join the North American workforce increased by 7 percent in 2018, according to the Association for Advancing Automation.
Robotics

North America Put More Robots to Work in 2018 Than Ever Before

By Kristin Houser

Austin-based startup Briggo has built a fully automated robot barista capable of filling 100 gourmet coffee orders in one hour.
Robotics

This Robot Can Make as Much Gourmet Coffee as Four Baristas

By Kristin Houser

An Austrian team of scientists are proposing to build an airship, otherwise known as a zeppelin, that's ten times as big as the Hindenburg.
Advanced Transport

These Scientists Want to Bring Back Zeppelins in a Big Way

By Victor Tangermann

Twitch is suing the trolls that hijacked its platform to share extreme, sometimes illegal videos — even though it doesn't actually know who they are.
Future Society

Twitch Sues Anonymous Users for Streaming Porn, Murderous Rampage

By Kristin Houser

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