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Humans Are Still Cheaper Than AI in Most Jobs, MIT Study Finds
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Humans Are Still Cheaper Than AI in Most Jobs, MIT Study Finds

Only 23% of workers being paid for vision tasks could be effectively replaced by AI today, says an MIT report.

Nobel Economist Cautions on Rush Into STEM After Rise of AI
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Nobel Economist Cautions on Rush Into STEM After Rise of AI

Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher Pissarides has cautioned younger generations against piling into studying STEM subjects, saying "empathetic" and creative...

Deloitte Is Looking to AI to Help Avoid Mass Layoffs in Future
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Deloitte Is Looking to AI to Help Avoid Mass Layoffs in Future

Consulting giant Deloitte is using AI to evaluate existing staffers' skills and shift them into roles that are more in demand. The move is part of a broader effort...

Layoffs and AI Are Changing Tech's Once-Invincible Job Market
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Layoffs and AI Are Changing Tech's Once-Invincible Job Market

Tech workers are considering, some for the first time, that the promise of perpetual, lucrative employability may not be as solid as they once thought.

Software Robots Are Gaining Ground in White-Collar Office World
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Software Robots Are Gaining Ground in White-Collar Office World

The latest wave of automation is building on advances in artificial intelligence and machine-learning that allow computers to perform tasks and make some of the...

Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Court Rules in Blow to AI
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Inventors Must Be Human, Federal Court Rules in Blow to AI

The term "individual" in the Patent Act refers only to humans, meaning an AI doesn't count as an inventor on a patentable invention, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Harvard-Educated Professor Is Propelling China's AI Ambitions
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Harvard-Educated Professor Is Propelling China's AI Ambitions

Andrew Yao has influenced some of the biggest Chinese startups, informed government policy, and molded a generation of academics.

Majority of Promising AI Startups Are Still Based in the U.S.
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Majority of Promising AI Startups Are Still Based in the U.S.

The most promising startups using artificial intelligence are U.S.-based companies working in the fields of health care, retail, and transportation, according to...

Robots Are Catching Up to Humans in the Jobs Race
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Robots Are Catching Up to Humans in the Jobs Race

A study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco states that increased adoption of robotics and automation equipment has been a substantial driver of the...

Why Tech Companies Are Raiding Animal Research Labs
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Why Tech Companies Are Raiding Animal Research Labs

Neuroscientists studying birds, mice, and fish are landing seven-figure salaries to help advance artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, and more.

Inside Huawei's Secret HQ, China Is Shaping the Future
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Inside Huawei's Secret HQ, China Is Shaping the Future

The surprise arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., has thrust the company into a political firestorm and deepened a core threat...

How One AI Startup Decided to Embrace Military Work, Despite Controversy
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How One AI Startup Decided to Embrace Military Work, Despite Controversy

A few years ago, Clarifai, a five-year old startup that makes image-recognition software, held a discussion among its workers about two kinds of controversial business...

AI Is Watching Employee Expenses
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AI Is Watching Employee Expenses

AppZen has developed an artificial intelligence program that can identify dubious work expense claims and educate employees about travel and expense policies.

This Company Is Helping Build China's Panopticon. It Won't Stop There 
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This Company Is Helping Build China's Panopticon. It Won't Stop There 

The lobby of SenseTime's Beijing office makes you feel a bit like you've stumbled into a Philip K. Dick novel.

AI Can Now Catch Lies on Your Expense Report
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AI Can Now Catch Lies on Your Expense Report

One employee traveling for work checked his dog into a kennel and billed it to his boss as a hotel expense. Another charged yoga classes to the corporate credit...

Google in China: When 'Don't Be Evil' Met the Great Firewall
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Google in China: When 'Don't Be Evil' Met the Great Firewall

If you're planning on moving to China anytime soon, here's a piece of advice: Get yourself a WeChat account.

Kai-Fu Lee Says ­.S. Tech Companies Aren't Ready for Chinese AI
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Kai-Fu Lee Says ­.S. Tech Companies Aren't Ready for Chinese AI

The chairman and chief executive officer ofSinovation Ventures says America's technology industry can't afford to underestimate the artificial intelligence companies...

China's Huawei Takes Aim at Qualcomm, Nvidia With New AI Chips
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China's Huawei Takes Aim at Qualcomm, Nvidia With New AI Chips

Huawei Technologies Co. has overtaken Apple Inc. in smartphones. Now it wants to take on some of America's largest technology companies in semiconductors.

Why Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract Is a Huge Deal
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Why Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract Is a Huge Deal

The U.S. Defense Department is running a winner-take-all competition to choose a cloud-computing company to host its trove of information, perhaps including top...

To Find China's Best Driverless Technology, Look in Silicon Valley
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To Find China's Best Driverless Technology, Look in Silicon Valley

China's homegrown search giant, much like its U.S. counterpart, has a division focused entirely on driverless vehicles. And just like its rival, Google-born Waymo...
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