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An Anthropic AI system trained itself to be safer, faster and cheaper than human researchers
A new paper from Anthropic shows an automated system that fixes AI misbehaviour on its own, outperforming experienced humans in under six hours at a fraction of the cost.
Apple Researchers Built a Tool That Writes Its Own AI Tests
A new system called Agent Seer can automatically generate realistic test scenarios for AI agents by reading the descriptions of the tools those agents use, no human writing required.
Meta Is Quietly Testing Robots Inside Its Data Centers, and Workers Are Worried
Robotic arms, cable-swappers, and button-pressing sticks are already running trials at Meta's biggest data center campus. The humans who work there are paying close attention.
Zara's owner just opened a robot-assisted bargain store in the UK. Here's what that means.
Inditex, the Spanish group behind Zara, has brought its cut-price chain Lefties to Britain, starting in Liverpool, with robots helping run the shop floor. Primark, Shein and the supermarkets are the named targets.
Young Workers Are Ditching Screens for Sawdust and Copper Wire
As AI quietly eats away at entry-level office jobs, a growing number of younger workers are trading spreadsheets for bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding.
Bill Gates Wants Some Jobs Kept Off-Limits to AI
In a 6,000-word essay, the Microsoft co-founder argues that certain roles should be protected from automation the same way nature reserves protect land, and warns governments are not ready for what is coming.
They warned us about AI tyranny in 1972. We still didn't listen.
A forgotten gathering of experts on Lake Como mapped out political coercion, eroded human freedom and the dangers of automation. Half a century later, their warnings feel uncomfortably current.
Avant d'acheter un robot, construisez-en d'abord un virtuel
Un logiciel de jumeau numérique permet aux fabricants de tester les cellules robotisées sur écran avant de dépenser un centime en matériel. Voici pourquoi cela importe pour toute entreprise envisageant l'automatisation pour la première fois.
Who keeps the robots running? The hidden workforce behind physical AI
Scaling robots past a handful of machines turns out to be an HR problem as much as an engineering one. Here is what that means for workers and the companies deploying them.
Bernie Sanders says AI is a real issue. Is anyone in Washington actually treating it that way?
A prominent senator's op-ed names artificial intelligence alongside healthcare costs and inequality as threats working families face. The political system, he argues, is not keeping up.
Warp launches a ready-made AI software factory so smaller companies can automate coding without building everything from scratch
Warp Factories gives engineering teams a pre-built system of AI agents that can handle the full cycle of software development, from planning a task to shipping and reviewing the code.
Trois anciens ingénieurs de SpaceX construisent une usine robotisée pour fabriquer des pièces en acier destinées aux centres de données d'IA
Leur startup, 1872, a ouvert son premier établissement à Cincinnati ce mois-ci. L'objectif : automatiser la plupart du processus de fabrication de l'acier d'ici 2027, en commençant par les cadres qui maintiennent les centres de données modulaires.
L'économie américaine a perdu 23 000 emplois en juillet. Faut-il blâmer l'IA ?
Les nouveaux chiffres gouvernementaux montrent que le marché du travail s'affaiblit à mesure que les outils d'IA se propagent dans les industries. Voici ce que les chiffres signifient réellement pour les travailleurs.
xAI lance Grok Bot : des agents IA qui se connectent à vos apps et font votre travail
La société d'IA d'Elon Musk déploie des agents logiciels toujours actifs capables de gérer des tâches professionnelles dans les outils que vous utilisez déjà, de la prospection commerciale aux corrections de bugs, sans que vous ayez besoin de les surveiller.
RoboStore lance Robo Inc., un fabricant américain de robots pour assembler et déployer des robots sur le sol américain
L'entreprise à l'origine de plus de 1 500 ventes de robots en Amérique du Nord ouvre une usine à Long Island et s'engage à assembler, intégrer et entretenir les robots localement, en partie pour devancer les restrictions commerciales sur les équipements chinois.