Automation

Automation

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BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
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Engagement with generative AI is a business essential — but all companies should be vigilant.
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AI can deliver a more equitable and prosperous future — if accompanied by ethical and responsible stewardship.
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AI was key to making Moderna's COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.
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To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.
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AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.
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The talent of management should be unleashed toward the management of talent. Many companies are doing the opposite.
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From cosmetic procedures to heart operations, the introduction of AI will create an ethical minefield.
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Who’s afraid of utopia? AI doubters have cold feet. History can warm them.
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Named "Phoenix," this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
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The robot can drive heavy steal beams into the ground at a rate of 1 per 73 seconds, which will help expedite solar farm construction.
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Asking the wrong questions can hold you back. Natalie Nixon explains how to ask divergent questions to become a great thinker.
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As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
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When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
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Modern robotics are creating a kind of cultural paradox, where the best religion is the one that eventually involves no humans at all.
3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.
In a state of "hyperwar," accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.
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By developing skills like divergent thinking and collaboration in the workforce, creativity training has the potential to unlock revolutionary ideas.
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Automation could help fix the company's financial troubles.
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The automated McDonald's has a staff comparable to other stores. But the crew members are all focused on making and packaging orders instead of delivering them.
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
"The digital HQ - the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration - actually became more important than the physical HQ."
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Aptera expects to begin delivering its solar-powered car later in 2022.
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
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An elaborate device called the Mechanical Turk defeated Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte at chess. Edgar Allan Poe revealed the hoax.