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The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
Peter Chen, CEO of the robot software company Covariant, sits in front of a chatbot interface resembling the one used…
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Robot Car Crash Investigation Concludes GM’s Cruise Didn’t Disclose Key Information
A law firm hired by the General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise to investigate the company’s response to a gruesome San…
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Toyota’s Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans
As someone who quite enjoys the Zen of tidying up, I was only too happy to grab a dustpan and…
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Cruise Was Asked to Ground Robotaxis on Halloween to Keep Kids Safe
Jeff Farrah, CEO of lobbying group the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association, which counts Waymo, Cruise, and other self-driving developers in…
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The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves
Some robots, including from Boston Dynamics, are already doing warehouse work. Do you expect to see that humanoid workforce growing…
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AI This Week: Cruise’s Robotaxi Meltdown
Headlines This Week Academic researchers at the University of Chicago are helping artists fight back against AI algorithms that would…
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GM’s Cruise Halts Self-Driving Operations Across the US After Regulator Safety Fears
Cruise, the self-driving arm of General Motors, said late today it had halted its robotaxi service across the US and…
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FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Vans Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make…
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California’s Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks
California governor Gavin Newsom worked late last night, vetoing a law that would have banned self-driving trucks without a human…
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Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7
California today cleared all-day paid robotaxi service in San Francisco—with unlimited fleets of self-driving cars. Soon, anyone in the city…
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