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Toyota in Talks to Buy Robotics Divisions From Alphabet

The Japanese automaker is discussing an acquisition of Boston Dynamics -- known for the Cheetah, which is claimed to be the world's fastest-legged robot.

By Reuters

Business News

Fast Food Workers Are Becoming Obsolete

By Hollis Johnson

Business News

The Rich and Powerful Warn That Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs

By Reuters

Business News

These 5 Robotics Startups Are Changing The Way Work Gets Done

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

Brain Break: 8 Robot Fails That Show Machines Won’t Take Over (Just Yet)

Despite popular belief, there may not actually be a day our devices take over.

By Lindsay Friedman

Business News

Study Says People Get Turned On by Touching a Robot’s Privates

Though it's not always and necessarily sexual arousal.

By Mariella Moon

Business News

Microsoft Apologizes for Chatbot’s Racist, Sexist Tweets

The company says that the program's tweets 'do not represent who we are or what we stand for, nor how we designed Tay.'

By Reuters

Tech

Say Hello to the Little Robot That Wants to Deliver Your Groceries

It's the first product from Starship Technologies, the robotics startup founded by the creators of Skype.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Microsoft Grounds Its AI Chat Bot After it Learns Sexism and Racism From Twitter Users

Once again, the Internet chose to display the worst of humanity.

By Jon Fingas

Business News

Alphabet Reportedly Puts Robot-Maker Boston Dynamics Up for Sale

The possible buyers include Amazon.com Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp.'s research and development company.

By Reuters

Tech

Ray Kurzweil: Computers Will Not Rob Us of Our Humanity. They Will Make Us More Profoundly Human.

The futurist sat down with Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss what it means to think and create in a near-future where knowledge and expertise are downloadable.

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

Study Finds People Think Robots Will Replace Humans at Many Jobs, Just Not Their Own — Start Up Your Day Roundup

Plus: More than half of startups in the UK say being acquired is their long-term goal.

By Lindsay Friedman

Tech

The Robots Will Take Our Jobs. Here’s Why Futurist Ray Kurzweil Isn’t Worried.

'We are going to have new types of jobs creating new types of dollars that don't exist yet,' says the inventor and futurist.

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

Can Bedtime Stories Help Us Avoid the Robot Apocalypse?

Some researchers at Georgia Tech believe that fairytales and fables could help AI understand people better.

By Nina Zipkin

Tech

How Humans Plus Machines Will Equal Amazing Advancements

Call it putting your brain on a bicycle, said Steve Jobs in 1990.

By Moran Cerf and Brian Uzzi

Tech

At This Store, Robots Will Replace Human Employees. But, Wow, They Are Adorable.

Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation, will staff a cellphone store with (almost entirely) humanoid Pepper robots for a week.

By Catherine Clifford

Business News

Report: Robots Will Cause the Loss of 5 Million Jobs by 2020

Women will be the biggest losers as their jobs are often concentrated in low-growth or declining areas such as sales, office and administrative roles, the report said.

By Reuters