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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.
Prima di comprare un robot, costruisci uno virtuale
Il software dei gemelli digitali permette ai produttori di testare le celle robotiche su schermo prima di spendere un centesimo in hardware. Ecco perché questo è importante per qualsiasi azienda che considera l'automazione per la prima volta.
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.
Tre ex-ingegneri di SpaceX stanno costruendo una fabbrica di robot per produrre componenti in acciaio per i data centre AI
La loro startup, 1872, ha inaugurato il primo impianto a Cincinnati questo mese. L'obiettivo: automatizzare la maggior parte del processo di lavorazione dell'acciaio entro il 2027, iniziando dalle strutture che mantengono insieme i data centre modulari.
L'economia USA ha perso 23.000 posti di lavoro a luglio. È colpa dell'IA?
I nuovi dati governativi mostrano un mercato del lavoro in indebolimento proprio mentre gli strumenti di IA si diffondono tra i settori. Ecco cosa significano veramente questi numeri per i lavoratori.
xAI lancia Grok Bot: agenti AI che accedono alle tue app e svolgono il tuo lavoro
L'azienda di intelligenza artificiale di Elon Musk sta lanciando agenti software sempre attivi che possono gestire compiti lavorativi all'interno degli strumenti che già utilizzi, dal contatto con i clienti alle correzioni di bug, senza dover essere supervisionati.
RoboStore lancia Robo Inc., produttore americano di robot per assemblare e distribuire robot negli Stati Uniti
L'azienda dietro più di 1.500 vendite di robot in Nord America sta aprendo una fabbrica a Long Island e promettendo di assemblare, integrare e servire robot localmente, in parte per anticipare le restrizioni commerciali sull'hardware cinese.