September 10, 2019 – Anthony Ha – TechCrunch
McDonald’s is increasingly looking at tech acquisitions as a way to reinvent the fast-food experience. It’s buying Apprente, a startup building conversational agents that can automate voice-based ordering in multiple languages.
September 9, 2019 – Sigal Samuel – Vox
“Designed to look like Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, the $1 million machine is an attempt to reignite people’s passion for their faith in a country where religious affiliation is on the decline.”
April 13, 2019 – Kaveh Waddell – Axios
By changing incentives that currently encourage the development of technologies that compete with people, experts hope to redirect the future of work away from widespread automation-fueled job loss.
2019 – Axios
“A number of companies are trying to prep their high-skilled workers for the future. But the impact may be larger than the response thus far.”
2019 – Axios
“Trump has made a policy cornerstone out of his trade war with China, elevating the automation-breeds-competitiveness argument. Companies could be propelled toward faster automation and accelerate a coming topsy-turvy future of work.”
2019 – Axios
“For the last half-dozen years and longer, one of the most hotly debated questions on the planet has been the fate of employment in a future of AI and robots.”
December 7, 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
Andrew Yang announced he is vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination back in February. His mission? Preparing America for automation.
May 31, 2019 – Karen Hao – MIT Technology Review
“The artificial-intelligence industry runs on the invisible labor of humans working in isolated and often terrible conditions—and the model is spreading to more and more businesses.”
November 27, 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
“Most countries in the Americas and Europe were found to be bringing on robots much more slowly than expected. According to this report, when it comes to automation, Asia has the upper hand.”
January 23, 2019 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
“Of all US metropolitan areas, Dalton, Georgia, has the highest automation potential of 56%, followed by Kokomo, Indiana, with 54.7%. The Lexington Park, Maryland, area had the lowest automation potential with 39.1%.”