3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1011+ words) The machines are among us. They decide what we watch, what we listen to, where we travel and, often, how we get there. They dominate our financial, public and private lives, too. Yet, for all the computing superpower at our…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (514+ words) One checkout at a time, I'm making a stand against the robots'thetimes.com One checkout at a time, I'm making a stand against the robots Even if there are 456 empty self-checkouts and the one human-powered one has a 15-deep queue…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (327+ words) Melania Trump has suggested using robots to educate American children in their homes. The first lady hosted a White House event to discuss the future of technology in education, attended by tech representatives and the spouses of world leaders. Brigitte…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago  (293+ words) The number of robots in Amazon's facilities could soon match the number of human workers, as the company continues its push into automation. The US ecommerce company now uses over a million robots in its warehouses, which is about the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1021+ words) A cat that sits in your lap, gently purring while you stroke it, is one of life's pleasures, especially if you are isolated, lonely or suffer from dementia or Alzheimer's. Robotic pets that mimic the real thing without the need…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1215+ words) With jobs in impressive fields, many 40 and 50-somethings may have felt their school days were long behind them. But with the onset of AI, professionals are returning to the classroom " as teachers. Now Teach, which since 2016 has helped those with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (43+ words) How a doomsday AI blog post wiped out billions'The Times How a doomsday AI blog post wiped out billions After a Substack article by Citrini Research outlined potential economic upheaval from as soon as 2028, opposition to the technology's expansion is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1196+ words) When the soldier codenamed Blackbird was bundled into the back of the rescue robot, wrapped in a sleeping bag and bound with bloodied tourniquets, his life hung in the balance. One leg was gone and the other was shattered, looking…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (620+ words) Police officers could be on patrol with a humanoid "robocop" for a partner within three to five years, a policing expert has said. Up to 1,000 British officers are to be polled on whether they would trust artificial intelligence-powered robots to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (474+ words) The first that Marcel Carrasquet, the homeowner, knew of it was when he received an email from tax officials in the summer of 2023. They had been alerted by an artificial intelligence program that had supposedly uncovered a private swimming pool…...