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The Many Unheralded Perils of Automating Your Customer Service
You'll find hundreds of articles praising the benefits of automation. You'll find very few warning of the dangers.
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Brain Break: Who Let the Robot Out?
A humanoid robot in Russia made a break for it, but people are wondering if it's all a hoax and not just human error.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
Singapore Startup to Launch Robo Adviser for the Tech-Savvy Wealthy
A new, tech-savvy generation of wealthy clients and family offices are creating opportunities for fintech startups, challenging traditional private banks who have been slow to meet these demands.
By Reuters
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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
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The Rich and Powerful Warn That Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs
'One of the big causes for the stagnation of middle class wages is essentially because of clever computer programs,' said David Siegel, co-chairman of Two Sigma.
By Reuters
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These 5 Robotics Startups Are Changing The Way Work Gets Done
Industrial robots don't always get as much attention as their humanoid counterparts, but they are changing the life of humans just as much, if not more.
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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.
Business News
Study Says People Get Turned On by Touching a Robot’s Privates
Though it's not always and necessarily sexual arousal.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
Building a Business
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