Automation articles

Zuckerberg claims superintelligence is near and will empower individuals

Forward-looking: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has articulated his ambitions for artificial intelligence in a sweeping blog post, calling for a future where personal superintelligence becomes a driving force for individual empowerment instead of widespread job automation.

McDonald's AI hiring chatbot exposed data of 64 million applicants with "123456" password

Ford CEO joins list of execs warning AI could eliminate millions of white-collar jobs

Amazon hits 1 million warehouse robots, nearly matching its human workforce

Agentic AI is all hype for now, says Gartner

Hertz turns to AI for rental car inspections, faces backlash over fees

Salesforce CEO says 50% of company work is now done by AI

Robots are transforming warehouse automation and ending back-breaking truck loading

AI could erase half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within five years, warns Anthropic CEO

Tesla's humanoid robots aren't the right fit for factories, says former Optimus lead

Visa is piloting AI agents with payment systems for autonomous shopping

Forward-looking: Visa plans to allow AI agents to conduct financial transactions on behalf of consumers, a move that could streamline and automate everyday purchases. The company is currently running pilot programs that connect its payment network to AI platforms developed by firms such as Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI, Perplexity, and Mistral, with broader adoption expected soon.

AI is reshaping chip design tools, and the results are impossible to ignore

Why it matters: As powerful as AI may be, many industries are still struggling to find clear-cut applications that make a measurable, demonstrable difference. Thankfully, that is not the case when it comes to chip design software. In fact, since their introduction just a few years ago, AI-powered features have become a mainstay of EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools from companies such as Cadence and Synopsys.

Bill Gates says AI will end doctor and teacher shortages, transform the future of work

Humanoid robots like Digit and Apollo are expanding beyond Amazon warehouses

McDonald's bets on AI to boost order accuracy, streamline operations at 43,000 restaurants

Factory begins trial for humanoid robots that can build more of themselves

Amazon's robot-driven warehouses could cut fulfillment costs by $10 billion a year

OpenAI debuts "Deep Research" model to tackle multi-step research AI tasks

New operating system could let US Army Black Hawk helicopters be piloted with basic training

IT job market declines for second year in a row, but AI and cybersecurity roles remain hot

Samsung's AI fridges will soon order groceries for you via Instacart integration

Google's new experimental AI agent can browse the web for you

Microsoft predicts AI will make web browsers and search engines obsolete in years

Google is working on an AI agent that can move your mouse, take over your browser

WTF?! There's still a lot of pushback against generative AI from most of the public. Not only are there concerns about the technology taking jobs and plagiarising, but many worry about control being taken out of humans' hands. Google and other companies' solution, it seems, is to create AI agents that can take over your PC, moving the mouse cursor, browsing the web, and entering text.

Xiaomi unveils new autonomous smart factory that operates 24/7 without human labor