Robots & AI

Everything you need to know about the humanoids that will soon enter the workforce — or are in it already.

A partnership between Moderna and OpenAI provides a real-world example of what can happen when a company leans into generative AI.

Knowledge-based workers already need to skill-up to coexist with sophisticated artificial intelligence technologies.

Juliana Guaqueta Ospina | Education Specialist | International Finance Corporation | World Economic Forum

A group of chemists are using artificial intelligence to extend the life of food products, by teaching AI models about rancidity.

Lucas de Brito Ayres and Carlos D. Garcia

Tennessee-based startup PaintJet’s robot painter Bravo slashes the time it takes to complete painting jobs.

You’re worried about autonomous cars. We want to answer your questions.

A highly expressive new Disney robot developed in a fraction of the time it usually takes could be the first of many expressive bots to come.

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with it.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office

Lumin Fitness's first-of-its-kind smart gym in Texas features AI trainers, motion-tracking sensors, and “gamified” classes.

Chipotle is testing a new robot that makes burrito bowls and salads under the same table where employees fill orders.

AI systems assume humans are always certain. Teaching them to anticipate and understand uncertainty may help them reduce human error.

New AI tools are increasingly part of creative production, and are scoring surprisingly high in creative thinking tests.

Erik Guzik

Large language models have been trained on massive amounts of “natural” human language — just like us. Does this make the robots part human?

Brendan H. O’Connor

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