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In the past few years, studies have described the many ways A.I. tools have made doctors better at their jobs: It’s aided them in spotting cancer, allowed them to make diagnoses faster and in some cases, helped them more accurately predict who’s at risk of complications. But new research suggests that collaborating with A.I. may […]

Employees at S&F Foods dreaded lifting heavy cardboard boxes from a conveyor belt and placing them onto pallets for shipment all day. So Mike Calleja, the plant manager for the company, which makes frozen food for school cafeterias, hired a robot. Buying a robot could cost as much as $500,000, and Mr. Calleja wasn’t even […]

The New York Times Manufacturers are increasingly renting robots to automate dangerous, repetitive tasks as a worker retention strategy amid widespread labor shortages. Robot rental companies like Formic are making automation accessible to small and medium-sized manufacturers that previously lacked capital or expertise for such investments. Said Formic CEO Saman Farid, “When they adopt robots […]

It’s no secret by now, as investors await an earnings report on Wednesday by the chip behemoth Nvidia, that optimism around the windfall that artificial intelligence may generate is pumping up the stock market. But in recent months, it has also become clear that A.I. spending is lifting the real economy, too. It’s not because […]

According to recent research from McKinsey & Company, nearly eight in 10 companies have reported using generative A.I., but just as many have reported “no significant bottom-line impact.” A.I. technology has been racing ahead with chatbots like ChatGPT, fueled by a high-stakes arms race among tech giants and superrich start-ups and prompting an expectation that […]

The Chinese government is using companies with expertise in artificial intelligence to monitor and manipulate public opinion, giving it a new weapon in information warfare, according to current and former U.S. officials and documents unearthed by researchers. One company’s internal documents show how it has undertaken influence campaigns in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and collected […]

The New York Times Russian President Vladimir V. Putin signed new laws to further restrict online freedom in that nation, which could impede the use of YouTube and other services from U.S. technology companies. The government is creating a state-approved messaging service, MAX, which will be pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia beginning in […]

The New York Times Meta has developed a prototype wristband that uses electromyography to detect electrical signals from forearm muscles, enabling touch-free control of digital devices. These signals, generated by alpha motor neurons before physical movement occurs, allow the device to interpret user intent. The wristband captures the signals externally and can move cursors, open […]

To make a building collapse in Buenos Aires, Netflix creators turned to generative artificial intelligence for the first time onscreen. Ted Sarandos, one of Netflix’s chief executives, said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Thursday that the technology was a strong tool for creators and was accompanied by “real people doing real work.” “We […]