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The U.S. is falling behind China in manufacturing not just due to trade policies, but a failure to adopt large-scale automation, robotics, and AI in its factories.
AI company Anthropic has deployed autonomous agents to perform legal, marketing, and sales jobs, fueling a global debate on the future of white-collar work.
A new AI platform promising to slash freight inefficiencies has sent shockwaves through the logistics industry, triggering a major sell-off of trucking company stocks.
AI startup Bedrock Robotics, founded by Waymo veterans, has raised $270 million to automate construction equipment, reaching a valuation of $1.75 billion.
McDonald's plans to deploy a Google Cloud-powered AI system in its drive-thrus by 2026 to automate orders and improve efficiency and accuracy.
A new study reveals a surprising gap between AI hype and reality, showing that current AI systems can only autonomously complete 2.5% of human professional tasks.
Artificial intelligence is automating the foundational tasks that once served as the first step on the career ladder, raising concerns about a future skill gap in creative industries.
A major call center in the Philippines has replaced 80% of its human staff with AI agents, eliminating thousands of jobs and threatening a key sector of the nation's economy.
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute suggests 40% of American jobs could be replaced by AI, with robots able to automate over half of all US work hours.
Artificial intelligence in recruitment is causing a crisis of trust, as both job seekers and employers grapple with automated systems, fake jobs, and a lack of human interaction.
Recent breakthroughs show humanoid robots achieving major milestones, including moving 100,000 warehouse containers and setting a 65-mile walking record.
Workflow documentation startup Scribe has raised $75 million in a Series C round, boosting its valuation to $1.3 billion to launch a new AI optimization platform.
