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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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
Business News
German Robots to Manufacture First Running Shoes for Adidas
The new 'Speedfactory' will start production in the first half of 2016 Adidas plans to establish a global network of similar factories.
By Reuters
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How Boeing Is Doing More Work With Fewer Workers
The world's largest plane maker is in the midst of its biggest peacetime boom.
By Reuters
Business News
Meet the Chatty Robot That Acts as a Smartphone
RoBoHoN can dance and talk with people in addition to performing smartphone functions like texting and browsing the Internet.
By Reuters
Tech
Roomba Once Was Blind, But Now It Sees
The company behind the robotic vacuum cleaner is making a major play for the Internet of Things with its next-generation device.
By Geoff Weiss
Business News
Stephen Colbert Tries to Figure Out if Elon Musk Is a Superhero or Something More Sinister (VIDEO)
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO talked Mars, reusable rockets and sustainable energy with the newly minted Late Show host.
By Nina Zipkin
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The Robot Battle of Your Childhood Dreams Is Actually Happening
Start your engines. A company called MegaBots is raising money on Kickstarter to prepare its 12,000-pound robot for a fight with a robot in Japan.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
A Robotic Lawn Mower Gets FCC Approval
The newest product from iRobot, makers of the Roomba, will be a lawn mower that wirelessly connects with signal beacons.
By Reuters
Business News
This Startup Wants Robots in Every Warehouse
Clearpath Robotics says its robots are fundamentally different from the ones Amazon uses.
By Marty Jerome
Business News
How This Man Beat the System and Won 1,000 Twitter Contests
Computer engineer Hunter Scott claims to have won four contests a day for nine months.
By Steve Dent
Business News
Beloved Hitchhiking Robot Found Beheaded and Dismembered in the City of Brotherly Love
Farewell, dear globetrotting HitchBOT. May you rest in pieces. Or, better yet, ride again.
Tech
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking Warn That AI Military Robots Could Ignite the Next Global Arms Race
That is, if we don't stop the killer machines first.
Tech
Elon Musk’s Money Is Being Used to Stop AI From Obliterating Humans
Prepare, people. The machines are rising.
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Apple’s Wozniak: We’re All Going to Be Robots’ Pets One Day, and That’s OK
The tech giant's co-founder is changing his tune about the future of artificial intelligence.
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Say Hello to Musio, a Ridiculously Cute AI Robot That’s Keen to Chat
Think Siri, only cuter and less snarky.
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Meet Amelia, the AI Platform That Could Change the Future of IT
Created by IPsoft, the virtual agent avatar can absorb in seconds the same instruction manuals that human employees spend weeks memorizing.
By Jason Ankeny
Business News
In Silicon Valley, a Fashion Show Just as Much About Tech as Style
Think fashion meets drones and robots.
By Biz Carson