WORKFORCE AUTOMATION
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI By Alyse Stanley Dozens of contract journalists at Microsoft’s
From 1990 to 2007, each robot in manufacturing replaced 3.3 workers on average nationally
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. Peter Dizikes | MIT
The rush to deploy robots as a result of the coronavirus outbreak
PUBLISHED MON, MAR 2 20208:57 AM EST UPDATED WED, MAR 11 202010:35 AM EDT Rebecca Fannin, special to CNBC.com
41 Percent of Companies Are Accelerating Plans To Automate As Coronavirus Forces Workers To Stay Home
Almost half of company bosses in 45 countries are speeding up plans to automate their businesses as workers are
New fast food robot costs $3 per hour
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full
The robots are here, they’re working in management, and they’re grinding workers into the ground.
In warehouses, call centers, and other sectors, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they’re making work more stressful, grueling,
Inside Amazon’s First Full-Blown Cashierless Supermarket
Is this the future grocery shoppers want? Jeff Bezos sure hopes so. The first ever Amazon Go Grocery — which opens
Garry Kasparov mentions the need to build new foundations because of AI, and that maybe it’s UBI
Garry Kasparov is perhaps the greatest chess player in history. For almost two decades after becoming world champion in
Gig economy traps workers in precarious existence, says report
Far from providing flexible jobs for complex modern lives, gig economy companies, such as Uber and Deliveroo, increasingly trap workers in a
The case against the flawed argument that automation is nothing to worry about
There are two general philosophical camps when considering the automated future: those who believe it will be a time
How the Next Decade’s Technological Tsunami Will Change Life as We Know It
This time a decade ago, there was no such thing as an iPad. There were no food delivery meal
More than 1.6 million secretarial and administrative-assistant jobs have vanished since 2000, an almost 40% decline
The Vanishing Executive Assistant Executive assistants once ran the office. Increasingly, the office runs without them. The decline of
Let’s Rethink What Counts as Paid Work
As artificial intelligence and automation multiply, so do dystopian predictions that millions of employees will become redundant, their tasks
Robot bartending company is handing out cash to the people it is replacing
There’s no doubt that automation is going to have a massive impact on employment over the coming decades. Whether
The Future of Work: A VICE News Special Report
The next Industrial Revolution is upon us, and scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers are warning of an imminent paradigm shift
Amazon Is Planning to Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year
Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to open Amazon Go supermarkets and pop-up stores, an expansion of the company’s cashierless ambitions
The Impact of Robots on the U.S. Labor Market
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 The following post is the second in a two-part series on the impact of robots
American jobs are getting worse, new economic index shows
Although the U.S. is on a record streak for job-creation, many Americans still feel like they can’t get ahead
Research shows that automation trends may be widening the racial wealth gap
Research shows that automation trends may be widening the racial wealth gap. This article reveals possible interventions that may
Wages are flatlining as technology performs skilled labor, pushing workers into underemployment
Wages are flatlining because companies are scrapping swathes of mid-tier positions – replacing them with algorithms and cheap offshore
The Rise of Robotic Process Automation: How Daniel Dines Of UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire
The man who at once epitomizes the hottest new growth area in tech and the burgeoning hopes for entrepreneurship
As AI gets better at performing the routine tasks traditionally done by humans, only the hardest ones will be left
When machines start picking off all the easy work for themselves, many white-collar jobs are going to get a
Fast-food industry on a path to be the first to fully automate
KEY POINTS: • Panera Bread loses close to 100% of its workers every year. • For fast-food chains employee
The Robots Are Coming…To Free You
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in his recent report Basic
Automation Could Force Millions of Women to Find New Jobs
The study, released Tuesday, shows technological advancements affect the genders nearly evenly. That finding upends the notion that automation hits
Code-breaking quantum computers are significantly closer to reality than anyone suspected
Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The
Why are populists talking about trade instead of the tech revolution?
This week’s nightmare is the arrival of Boris Johnson; the autumn brings the Brexit watershed. Soon after, the 2020
Universal Basic Income and the Philosophy of Freedom in the Age of Automation
“Work is the best remedy for any shock,” wrote Arthur C. Clarke in his classic novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The future began four decades ago
If you’re an optimist about the robotic future, you likely hear talk that we’re all going to lose our
Automation could widen disparities between high-growth cities and struggling rural areas, and between high-wage workers and everyone else
Advancing technology and automation are likely to hit rural areas and the middle class hardest, according to a new
Robotization will add $5T to the world economy by 2030, but job losses will require programs like UBI to distribute the robotics dividend
Robots could take over 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world by 2030, economists claimed Wednesday. According to a
Opinion: Changing my Mind about AI, Universal Basic Income, and the Value of Data
In this very lengthy and incredibly thought-provoking think-piece, Vi Hart, former researcher at YC Research and current researcher at