There are some jobs human bodies just weren’t meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task — and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the national average. The Pickle Robot Company…
In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, Shamaine Daniels, used an AI chatbot named Ashley to call voters and carry on conversations with them. “Hello. My name is Ashley, and I’m an artificial intelligence volunteer for Shamaine Daniels’s run…
Most organizations feel the imperative to keep pace with continuing advances in AI capabilities, as highlighted in a recent MIT Technology Review Insights report. That clearly has security implications, particularly as organizations navigate a surge in the volume, velocity, and…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior What’s new: OpenAI is testing a new way…
Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and hot springs on the planet’s surface. But in other places, they’re obscured thousands of feet underground. Now AI could help uncover these hidden pockets of potential power. A startup company…
Cofounder Suvir Sujan told ET that Nexus will back US-only AI and enterprise startups going forward. It expects 4–5 IPOs in the next 2–3 years from its portfolio, which will generate outsized returns, Sujan said. The VC fund has returned…
As many of us are ramping up with shopping, baking, and planning for the holiday season, nuclear power plants are also getting ready for one of their busiest seasons of the year. Here in the US, nuclear reactors follow predictable…
The European Union has launched an antitrust inquiry into Meta’s recent AI advancements on WhatsApp, citing concerns about potential barriers for third-party AI innovators.
PhonePe’s Pincode is embracing a transformative shift by putting all its chips on B2B business solutions for offline stores. This decisive change means bidding farewell to its B2C shopping app, and it’s all about helping local shops thrive in the…
Palantir, Nvidia, and CenterPoint Energy are launching “Chain Reaction,” a new AI-powered software platform designed to streamline the complex process of building AI data centers. This initiative aims to tackle permitting, supply chain, and construction hurdles, leveraging AI to untangle…