Tag: Automation

Toyota weighs a 400,000 robot push worth $6.4B a year

The automaker told investors that wider automation could need 400,000 robots and about $6.4B a year starting in…

Stanford turns published papers into runnable research agents

Paper2Agent converts research papers into MCP servers that reproduce results and run on new data.

AI agents flood public services with claims and complaints

Cheap form-filling is driving record volumes of complaints and applications, and most of the new filings come from…

Meta trials robot technicians as AI data centers balloon

Meta tests robots that swap cables and reset servers inside its data centers.

Chrome gains a VP as AI workflow startup Relay winds down

Relay winds down as founder Jacob Bank rejoins Google to run product for Chrome.

New $300M fund backs AI for hospitality and venues

EMERGING and Promethean launch a $300M vehicle for AI built around restaurants and venues.

Jensen Huang’s Job Fairy Tale Collides With Nvidia’s Profit Machine

Despite Jensen Huang's sunny reassurances about AI creating jobs, the Nvidia CEO's narrative conveniently ignores that his company…

AI Efficiency Fallacy: 2025 Tech Layoffs Surpass 22,000 as Automation Cited in Mass Cuts

More than 22,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2025 as companies from Amazon to Fiverr openly cited…

Robots Are Your New Baggage Handlers at Haneda Airport. Yes, It Is That Awkward

Japan Airlines' Haneda robot test reveals a glaring gap between humanoid hype and the messy reality of airport…