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Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence

Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
January 08, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large...

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Serve Secures $86 Million to Continue Developing Sidewalk Delivery Robots
Serve Secures $86 Million to Continue Developing Sidewalk Delivery Robots
January 06, 2025  |  Investments

Autonomous delivery company Serve Robotics said Monday (Jan. 6) that it secured $86 million in new financing in December. The new capital brought the company’s total...

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Will Robots Take on More Public-Facing Roles in 2025?
Will Robots Take on More Public-Facing Roles in 2025?
December 31, 2024  |  Technology

Will 2025 be the year of the public-facing workplace robot? It’s something operators want to happen in the coming year, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday...

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Nvidia Focuses on Robots Amid Stiffer AI Chip Competition
Nvidia Focuses on Robots Amid Stiffer AI Chip Competition
December 29, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Facing rising competition in the AI chip space, Nvidia is reportedly turning to robotics. The $3.3 trillion company, whose tech has helped drive the rise...

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This Week in AI: Security Flaw Exposes AI Giants While Robot Workers Get Upgrade
This Week in AI: Security Flaw Exposes AI Giants While Robot Workers Get Upgrade
December 20, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

This week in AI, security researchers stole artificial intelligence models with near-perfect accuracy by capturing electromagnetic signals, as MIT unveiled a robot system that can...

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Robots Get Nimble New AI Brain for Tricky Warehouse Work
Robots Get Nimble New AI Brain for Tricky Warehouse Work
December 18, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

MIT researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that could enable warehouse robots to deftly handle odd-shaped packages and navigate crowded spaces without endangering human...

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This Week in AI: Bots Transform Shopping as Tech Giants Roll Out Digital Assistants
This Week in AI: Bots Transform Shopping as Tech Giants Roll Out Digital Assistants
December 13, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

This week in artificial intelligence, shopping assistants emerged across major tech platforms. Meanwhile, recycling firm AMP secured $91 million for sorting robots, FlexPoint sped up...

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AI Takes Out the Trash as Recycling Goes High-Tech  
AI Takes Out the Trash as Recycling Goes High-Tech  
December 09, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

AMP is giving recycling a robotic makeover.   The Colorado-based company just raised $91 million to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered recycling operations, where robots with...

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