From its Skagit County site and elsewhere, Bellevue-based PACCAR is among companies leading the charge in creating autonomous trucking. Successes could lead to a major shake-up in the freight industry. Unions worry about the loss of trucking jobs.
If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Honolulu, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make...
Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose growth was supercharged by the pandemic over the past year, will buy the cloud call center company Five9 in an...
The documentary “Roadrunner” by Morgan Neville uses 45 seconds of a voice that sounds like th Anthony Bourdain, generated with artificial intelligence. Is it ethical?...
The revelation that a documentary filmmaker used voice-cloning software to make the late chef Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid...
Facebook AI researchers say they have developed a "breakthrough" in the race to make robots more human-like. The Rapid Motor Adaptation software enables machines to...
The problem of bias in artificial intelligence is facing increasing scrutiny from regulators and is a growing business for start-ups and tech stalwarts.
Reports of Pepper's demise are dismissed. SoftBank says if anything, the need for social distancing in the pandemic has boosted demand for robots like Pepper....
Some federal agencies had their own facial recognition databases, but most used private companies like Clearview AI and Amazon, which offers a tool called Rekognition....
More job-seekers, including some professionals, may soon have to accept impersonal online interviews where they never talk to another human being, or know if behind-the-scenes...
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