By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor To help autonomous cars navigate safely in the rain and other inclement weather, researchers are looking into a new type of radar. Self-driving vehicles…
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Alphabet Workers Union Giving Structure to Activism at Google
By AI Trends Staff In a highly unusual undertaking in the technology industry, the Alphabet Workers Union was formed by over 400 Google engineers and other workers in early January. The union…
Talking Robot Boxes at Norwegian Hospital a Hit with Sick Kids
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor The “Automated Guided Vehicles” at St. Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, have personalities. The boxes talk. These motorized units, essentially boxes on wheels, are…
Ag-tech Employing AI and Range of Tools With Dramatic Results
By AI Trends Staff An agricultural technology (ag-tech) startup in San Francisco, Plenty, plants its crops vertically indoors, in a year-round operation employing AI and robots that uses 95% less water…
SoftBank’s Humanoid Robot Pepper Can’t Hold a Job, Gets Shelved
By John P. Desmond, Editor, AI Trends SoftBank has stopped production of its humanoid robot, named Pepper, and is downsizing its robotics staff from an acquisition in France. Some observers saw…
Last-Mile Delivery Robots Making a Comeback After Initial Bans
By John P. Desmond, Editor, AI Trends The last-mile delivery market for autonomous delivery robots is poised to make a comeback, with startups raising money and partnerships working to get needed permission from…
Tools Tapping AI for Content Marketing, Content Creation Gaining Traction
By AI Trends Staff Humans are good at the creative side of content marketing, telling stories that resonate with customers, using gut feel to decide what to publish next. Strategic thinking…
AI Being Employed to Help Clean, Avoid Collisions with Space Junk
By AI Trends Staff AI is at the center of efforts to clean up space junk—objects in space that no longer serve a purpose and pose risk of collisions with satellites…
Questionable Practices At Some AI Autonomous Car Makers Spurring Whistleblowers
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider There is the old saying that you ought to not look in the kitchen when you go to some restaurants or eateries for a…
Jassy Takes Over at Amazon, Leading to New AI Future
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor Twenty-seven years to the day from when he founded Amazon in 1994, Jeff Bezos last week stepped away as CEO and handed the reins…