automation
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Humans Are More Likely to Slack Off When Working With Robots, Study Finds
Everyone knows (or may have had experience being) the colleague or classmate who’s taken the easy route on an assignment knowing someone else will swoop in to save the day. New research suggests that the same phenomena, which psychologists call “social loafing,” may also apply when a teammate is made of software and hunks of…
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Nearly 4,000 U.S. Jobs Were Lost to AI Last Month, Report Shows
Companies are beginning to dive into the AI workforce headfirst — at least that’s what the data are saying. A new report says that AI is responsible for almost 4,000 job cuts last month alone. The report comes from Challenger, Grey, and Christmas, Inc., an outplacement firm headquartered in Chicago. The company’s May report says…
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Cars With Self-Driving Capabilities Are Watching You
Self-driving cars still don’t exist, despite a decade of research and development from both start-ups and legacy automakers. But Level 2 vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems similar to self-driving technology do exist, and those cars are more and more often turning their electronic eye inwards to monitor the supposed real cause of car crashes: Human…
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Tesla Has Been Officially Asked for Driver Assistance Documentation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requested documents from Tesla related to the company’s Autopilot and so-called “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a Tesla financial filing submitted Tuesday. In part of Tesla’s most recent quarterly report to investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company included updates on current litigation actions against and investigations…