They helped make Waymo go. Now they’re building AI-powered robots to solve America’s labor crisis

Bedrock Robotics is retrofitting excavators and bulldozers with autonomous tech as a faster, smarter way to build in an era of worker shortages and soaring infrastructure demand. [...]

AI therapy chatbots are unsafe and stigmatizing, a new Stanford study finds

Researchers say popular mental health chatbots can reinforce harmful stereotypes and respond inappropriately to users in distress. [...]

How human connection drives innovation in the age of AI

An unexpected business imperative, relationship building has many positive implications. [...]

How AI is changing the rules of hiring and what skills matter the most

Our research suggests that the skills most closely linked with adaptability share one theme, what I call ‘human-AI fluency.’ [...]

This DARPA-backed startup banked $100 million for its energy-slashing analog chips

EnCharge AI’s first-of-its-kind chip takes an analog approach to a key bottleneck in AI computation. [...]

Samsung’s third-quarter revenue soars, driven by semiconductor sales

Samsung Electronics reported a 32.5% increase in operating profit for July through September. [...]

How AI can produce detailed storm surge forecasts faster and save lives

AI can also develop forecasts or better understand areas with little historical data. [...]

AI could transform education . . . if universities stop responding like medieval guilds

Instead of asking how AI could improve education, institutions have obsessed over how to preserve surveillance. [...]

An AI fix for America’s $27 billion grocery waste problem

Afresh just raised $34 million to expand its AI tools that help supermarkets cut food waste. [...]