Three sectors being transformed by artificial intelligence

But exactly how that technology will influence the enterprise sector remains to be seen. Fiery public debates have swirled in the tech community around whether new advancements involve tactical adoptions for enterprise, like a personalized, improved retail experience, or whether these developments signal the coming of the robot apocalypse.

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Having worked as a manufacturing engineer for forty-five years, and having installed fifteen robotic manufacturing systems, I was impressed by Sheelah Kolhatkar's comprehensive piece on how robotics and artificial intelligence are replacing human workers . The world of manufacturing is undergoing rapid changes, and the number of highly skilled people who are needed to design, program, test, install, and service the robots and the manufacturing systems does not come close to the number of people who have lost their jobs to these technologies.

Will New Driverless Guidelines Jump-Start the Industry?

The Department of Transportation recently released revised guidelines for driverless cars, relaxing some guidelines put out during the Obama administration last year. For example, a 15-point safety assessment was trimmed to just 12 points, and the guidelines no longer apply to Level 2 vehicles with partial automation such as crash-avoidance features.

Breaking from Google, Democrats consider becoming an antimonopoly party

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. a A messy, public brawl over a Google critic's ouster from a Washington think tank has exposed a fissure in Democratic Party politics.

Russian online bots step up influence bid

After the 2016 U.S. presidential race was subject to Russian cyber meddling, analysts say the ferocity of more recent assaults is a preview of what could be coming in the 2018 elections, when Republicans will be defending their control of both chambers of Congress. "They haven't stood still since 2016," said Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow in information defense at the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council in Washington, which tracked the activity.

Correction: Future of Work-Running the Robots-ABRIDGED story

In a story Aug. 15 about automation in manufacturing, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a report that forecast 2 million new American manufacturing jobs in the next decade. It should have cited The Manufacturing Institute, not the American Manufacturing Institute.

Graham: The machines are coming –

US Senator Lindsey Graham says that the rapid advance of technology in the form of the increasing use of robots in not only manufacturing but also in the service industry combined with the rise of shopping online will radically transform the American economy and the nation must prepare to successfully adapt to that transformation. Graham visited Union Wednesday afternoon for a meeting with local officials at Main Street Junction on Main Street in downtown Union.

High-tech U.S. plants offer jobs even as the laid-off struggle

NORWOOD, Ohio - Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows - in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company's plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as "a GREAT employee." Mays' last day at 3M was in March.

Army study reveals new findings on human-autonomy interaction

A team of Army scientists and engineers have challenged long-held views in the area of human-autonomy interaction to change the way science involves people, especially in developing advanced technical systems that involve artificial intelligence and autonomy. A team of Army scientists, including Dr. Amar Marathe, have challenged long-held views in the area of human-autonomy interaction to change the way science involves people, especially in developing advanced technical systems that involve artificial intelligence and autonomy.

Department of Defense Awards Grants in Joint US-Korea Research…

Arlington, VA -- The Department of Defense announced today that it will award approximately $3.5 million to six U.S. university teams for research into robotics for disaster relief. These awards are part of a joint research project with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy , agreed to in June 2015.