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Jay Inslee on automation and AI

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee voices concern over impact of AI and automation on jobs

News Brief: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the coming age of wider automation and smarter artificial intelligence will require upgrades… Read More

Elon Musk

Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that… Read More

Twitter

Bots are responsible for two-thirds of links shared on Twitter, Pew Research finds

The majority of links on Twitter are shared by bots, a term for accounts that use automation in place of… Read More

OECD report dials down the risk to jobs from automation – but it’s still daunting

A working paper written for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that about 14 percent of the jobs… Read More

‘Not fun’: Technology experts get real about automation’s impact on today’s jobs

It’s a thrilling time for technology, with innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics propelling society ever faster forward. But is… Read More

Flippy

Burger-flipping robot named Flippy is armed with a spatula and ready for a grilling at CaliBurger

First the robots proved they can do back flips, now they’re flipping hamburgers. Flippy, the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen… Read More

I welcome our robot overlords, as long as they’ll mow my lawn like this LG gadget does

LAS VEGAS — I generally count myself as an automation skeptic. I worry about the impact it could have on… Read More

Experts explain why machine learning will make some jobs easier – and kill off others

Computer scientists have created artificial-intelligence algorithms that are at least as good as trained humans at recognizing the signs of… Read More

FAUB robot

Robots vs. jobs: Report says automation will displace up to 375M workers by 2030

The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers.… Read More

Whole Foods’ plan to hire 6K workers assuages automation anxiety after Amazon acquisition

When Amazon scooped up Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion earlier this year, company representatives insisted they had no immediate… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says city’s focus on Amazon HQ2 is ‘missing the big story’

For the past month, Seattle’s civic leaders have been trying to make sense of Amazon’s plans to establish a second… Read More

Smartsheet conference a ‘jumping off point’ for work management company as it wades deeper into automation

Smartsheet has come a long way since it started out of a small yellow house in Kirkland, Wash. 11 years… Read More

Smartsheet’s new tools automate mundane tasks, as survey shows benefits and threats of automation

Project and work management company Smartsheet is holding a big customer event this week, and using the occasion to announce… Read More

This Bay Area startup is arming retailers with the technology to take on Amazon Go

Amazon is still tinkering with the checkout-free technology behind its Amazon Go retailer concept, but Palo Alto, Calif. startup Standard… Read More

Seattle startup vet Rob Lilleness acquires Smartlabs, investing $7.3M in the home automation company

As CEO of Medio Systems, Rob Lilleness led the predictive analytics startup through 10 years of growth and an acquisition… Read More

Robot emoji

Will robots take your job? Tell this website what you do and then hope for the best

Stop what you’re doing if you want to figure out whether what you’re doing could someday be done by THE ROBOTS.… Read More

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

UW spinout WiBotic lands $2.5M to build technology that charges drones and robots wirelessly

University of Washington spinout WiBotic, which is building technology that wirelessly powers drones and other robotic devices, has raised $2.5… Read More

Donald Trump

This real estate analyst remains an optimist during the Trump era — for now

Long before he became real estate powerhouse CBRE’s head of research for the Americas, Spencer Levy was a young lawyer in… Read More

Seattle startup TurboPatent raises $1.4M to expand patent automation capabilities

Seattle startup TurboPatent has raised $1.45 million in a convertible note as it gets ready to release the second version… Read More

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Donald Trump and Steven Mnuchin

Outcry rises when Trump’s treasury chief, Steve Mnuchin, scoffs at AI impact on jobs

Experts say the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest economic issues of the… Read More

Tax the robots! Bill Gates on why even automation should be held to this human requirement

If robots and automation are ultimately going to replace more and more American jobs, Bill Gates, for one, thinks we shouldn’t… Read More

Obama: Amazon is ‘killing traditional retail,’ and ‘relentless’ automation is the real threat to jobs

New U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on expanding the U.S. economy through tougher trade deals with countries including Mexico and… Read More

Nadella at DLD

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets the message about AI’s down side for jobs

Experts on employment trends have long raised concerns about how job markets are being disrupted so quickly by artificial intelligence… Read More

Chart: Amazon robots on the rise, gaining slowly but steadily on human workforce

Amazon’s workforce has exploded in recent years, more than doubling since the end of 2014, when it employed 154,000 people. As… Read More

Amazon denies reported plans for 2,000 grocery stores, spars with union over automation

Amazon has denied reports that the company is considering as many as 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores around the U.S. Earlier this… Read More

Fulfillment center

New study compares Amazon to 19th century robber barons, urges policymakers to break up the online retail giant

Despite the boon it has been for its hometown of Seattle, a new report claims Amazon is killing more jobs… Read More

Blue Origin's EDM machine at work

Billionaire Jeff Bezos gets all geeky over Blue Origin’s robotic rocket drilling machine

Building a rocket ship may sound romantic, but there are a lot of nitty-gritty details behind the work – and that’s… Read More

New LinkedIn features emphasize learning as more workers face threat of automation

LinkedIn has added a new learning feature that aims to help people keep up with today’s fast-paced, technology-driven work environment. At an event… Read More

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