Good morning. Boardroom coups are always pretty absorbing; a boardroom coup at a company that has set itself the lofty goal of “building artificial general intelligence (AGI) that is safe and benefits all of humanity” is more absorbing still. The removal of chief executive Sam Altman from OpenAI, which made the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT,…
Viewing radar technology as critical for developing its remote-autonomous flight system, California start-up Reliable Robotics has chosen industry expert Marc Pos to lead its radar design. “Radar is an all-weather sensor, unlike camera and lidar,” Pos tells FlightGlobal on 1 November. ”It’s the only non-cooperative sensor that works in any condition – fog, rain snow.” Reliable…
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…
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont is at the forefront when it comes to keeping an eye on artificial intelligence and its use in state government. Legislation from 2022 created an AI Commission and a code of ethics. Now, conversations are happening about how state government will continue to regulate artificial intelligence. Josiah Raiche is the…
Altoona Area High School marketing team members Kaelyn Krouse (left) and Arrow Kelly of the advanced robotics class familiarize themselves with their class’s entry for the for the BEST Robotics competition. / Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona Area High School students will test their minimally invasive surgery robot during a competition Saturday at Grove…
Getty Images/Luis Alvarez There’s concern that widespread use of artifical intelligence (AI) will result in a job cull, including for IT professionals, but tech leaders are saying that might actually be an advantage. Rajeswari Koppala, senior manager of DevOps at United Airlines, says automation presents new opportunities for everyone, including the staff in her department. “I…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is set to open a center for advanced manufacturing, engineering, automation, and training to support the semiconductor industry in downtown Johnstown by 2025, project leaders say. The Pitt-Johnstown project could be the keystone of a downtown that has made leaps and bounds in development in recent…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), today, released the Draft National Strategy on Robotics. The draft stated that in the previous years, India has taken measures to promote the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and develop public trust around it, by emphasising on the idea of ‘AI for All’. “There are currently…
