Robots & AI

Alphabet-backed Waymo is leading the robotaxi revolution, but Tesla’s new Cybercab could change everything.

AI chatbots may have certain advantages when roleplaying as our friends. They may also come with downsides that make our loneliness worse.

Flexport is using generative AI to read documents, talk to truckers, and create a “knowledge agent” that’s an expert in shipping.

AI scholars look ahead to 2024 and describe the issues developers, regulators, and everyday people are likely to face.

Casey Fiesler and Anjana Susarla and Kentaro Toyama

Microsoft and OpenAI reportedly plan to invest $100 million into Figure, a startup developing a humanoid robot for the workplace.

About a third of people are lonely. Three scholars consider whether AI can help, or if it'll just make things worse.

Kelly-Ann Allen and Joseph Crawford and Michael Cowling

A new AI detection tool that measure how "surprising" text is reportedly delivers far fewer false positives than existing options.

A new study suggests that AlphaFold, DeepMind’s AI tool for predicting protein structures, could be useful for drug discovery after all.

General purpose robots developed by robotics startup Figure are going to be deployed at a BMW Manufacturing plant.

Artists unhappy with their work being used by generative AI have are using "data poisoning" to mess with the algorithm.

Daniel Angus and T.J. Thomson

Microsoft has launched Copilot Pro, a premium subscription service that makes its AI companion accessible to more people in more contexts.

Future jobs will rebalance technology with humanity, and lifelong learning to continually upgrade must replace outdated ideas of static careers.

Mark Minevich

Tech startup Rabbit has unveiled R1, an AI-powered consumer device designed to free you from app overload.

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