World’s greatest fears about automation realized? Take a look at JD.com’s Shanghai warehouse. A 40,000-square-meter facility like JD.com’s would usually employ 400 to…
YOU CAN NOW PREORDER A $150,000 HOVERBIKE
A Russian drone start-up is accepting preorders on an updated version of the hoverbike vehicle. The S3 2019 is part motorcycle and part quadcopter.…
WALMART IS OPENING A STORE WITH ZERO CASHIERS
Amazon’s “Amazon Go” stores allow customers to walk in, pick up a can of Campbell’s soup, and simply walk out while cameras track their…
Robot Security Guards Will Constantly Nag Spectators At The Tokyo OLYMPICS
“Ding-ding. Ding-ding. The security robot is patrolling. Ding-ding. Ding-ding.” That’s what Olympic attendees will hear ad nauseam when they step onto the platforms…
IBM AI Invented Perfumes That Will Soon Sell In 4,000 Stores
A cousin of Watson has accomplished an even finer task: creating perfumes. Soon, these AI-invented perfumes will go on sale in about…
Jobs Of The Future That Robots Won’t Be Able To Fill
While some experts focus on the occupations expected to fall to automation, IT firm Cognizant has identified 50 “jobs of the future” poised to thrive…
This Startup Wants To Help You Find Another Job if you have lost the job due to Robot
NextStep Interactive. It’s a startup that just raised more than $3 million to help U.S. workers displaced by automation find new careers —…
IBM: Quantum Computers Could Be Useful, But We Don’t Know Exactly How
Quantum computers in this world is surrounded by more hype and confusion. Quantum computers will either solve every problem in the known…
A HUMANOID ROBOT GAVE A LECTURE IN A WEST POINT PHILOSOPHY COURSE
An AI-powered robot named Bina48 co-taught two sessions of an intro to ethics philosophy course at the prominent military school. And while it might not have…
You Have No Idea What Artificial Intelligence Really Does
WHEN SOPHIA THE ROBOT first switched on, the world couldn’t get enough. It had a cheery personality, it joked with late-night hosts,…