Georgia Tech is welcoming global robotics experts at the forefront of research and innovation as it hosts the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) next week. CoRL organizers predict record-setting attendance, with more than 800 people joining the conference at the Starling Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. The international conference brings together top young researchers whose work…
Sweetgreen’s first automated restaurant opened in Naperville, Ill., in May. |Photo courtesy of Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is ready to start expanding its Infinite Kitchen automated restaurants. The Los Angeles-based company on Thursday said it plans to open between seven to nine new Infinite Kitchens next year, which will be among the 23 to 28 new restaurants…
The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from enforcing modern security requirements…
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BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) — Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence. The first international AI Safety Summit, held at a former codebreaking spy base near London, focused on cutting-edge “frontier” AI that some scientists…
Jesse Stockall is Chief Architect, Snow Software. Getty Amid rising cloud spend and constrained IT budgets, FinOps—the practice of managing and optimizing cloud infrastructure with a cross-functional team of IT, cloud, finance and engineering—has gained tremendous traction. While it’s beneficial for organizations taking stock of their growing cloud infrastructure, the new practice cannot optimize every…
Promise Robotics this week announced $15M funding in its Series A round. Promise Robotics Update: 10/31: A previous version of this story’s headline described Promise Robotics as a “homebuilding” startup. They aren’t actually constructing homes. Pay attention to the news to even a casual degree and you’ll learn about how expensive the Bay Area is…
Chesky_W/Getty Images If I tell you that I saw a robot today, what comes to mind? What is a robot? This is not a trick question. Robots in science fiction Because we’ve seen so many robots. We’ve seen Robbie the Robot from the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, Rosie the housekeeper from The Jetsons, the animated…
