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We need to prepare our kids for life with robots

One day Artificial Intelligence will be all around us, and our workforce of the future needs to be prepared to build these tools, operate alongside them and understand how they work

Evening Standard

Seattle startups bring robots to coffee, pizza prep

Jarvis moves slowly, yet meticulously, from one station to another to make a cup of cappuccino. Jarvis makes the espresso, pours the milk, steams the foam and puts it all together, topping it off with a carefully drawn foam leaf.

Tribune News Service

Robots Set Their Sights on a New Job: Sewing Blue Jeans

Will a robot ever make your blue jeans? There is a quiet effort underway to find out — involving clothing and technology companies, including Germany’s Siemens AG and Levi Strauss & Co. "Clothing is the last trillion-dollar industry that hasn’t been automated," said Eugen Solowjow, who heads a project at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Is Elon Musk preparing to replace Twitter janitors with robots? That’s what one man who was just fired is saying

“People worked without worries,” one of the janitors said of Musk’s takeover. “Now we are afraid.”

Fortune

Robots are coming—and it doesn’t look pretty for workers. Get ready for long hours, less pay, and fewer jobs

A new study examining the effects of robots and automation on the Chinese labor market shows workers are under fire.

Fortune

Police backtrack on 'killer robots' proposal after backlash to plan to blow suspects up

San Francisco police had proposed using robots to deliver explosives against armed suspects when lives are at risk. Critics compared the plans to something out of a dystopian sci-fi film

Daily Mirror

We Should All Be Nervous About Killer Police Robots

The San Francisco Police Department assured the public it had "no plans to arm robots with guns." But assurances aren't guarantees.

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Starship robot delivered food to my door - it was adorable but I won't use it again

Alex Evans tried out the Starship robot delivery service that is popping up in towns and cities across the world - and he wasn't a fan

Wales Online

The Bad News for Trump Piles Up

Plus: Warnock wins, over-the-counter Narcan closer to reality, San Francisco backtracks on killer robots, and more...

Reason

Trump Organization convicted of tax fraud in New York court

As Donald Trump eyes a return to the White House, a jury has found the Trump Organization guilty of 17 counts of tax fraud. The company paid less in tax by compensating executives with "off the books" perks such as luxury apartments. In addition to a fine, the Trump Organization…

France 24

San Francisco pauses plans for killer police robots

The police department said it had no plans to arm the robots with guns

Evening Standard

San Francisco police bans the use of 'Robocop' killer robots to fight crime after backlash

A vote that allowed San Francisco police to use robots to incapacitate dangerous suspects has been banned following backlash and warnings over the automation of policing

Daily Mirror

San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban killer robots in drastic U-turn

City’s police department prohibited from using the 17 robots in its arsenal for lethal force after board of supervisors vote

The Guardian - US

San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using deadly force for now

San Francisco had been considering a policy to allow police robots to use deadly force in certain extreme cases. The Board of Supervisors sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion.

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The Independent UK

San Francisco police can't use deadly robots for now

San Francisco supervisors have voted to put the brakes on a controversial policy to let police use robots for deadly force

Wales Online

Cute delivery robots spotted queueing to cross road at traffic lights

They asked a passer-by to press the button so they could make their journey safely

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sony Says it Has Technology for Humanoid Robots, Just Looking for Use

Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony Group Corp said on Tuesday it has the technology to make humanoid robots quickly once it has identified how they could be effectively used. "In terms of technology, several companies in the world including this one has enough technology accumulated to make them swiftly…

Leeds Live

I got a Leeds Co-op Starship robot to deliver food to my door and it was adorable - but I wouldn't use it again

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Watch funny moment new Leeds Co-op delivery robot tries to use zebra crossing

Starship Technologies explained why the robots may sometimes need a bit longer to cross in a new area

The Independent UK

US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspects

The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots this week after supervisors approved them for limited use

Inverse

Opinion: Artemis should be the last NASA mission to send astronauts to the Moon

The Artemis mission is using NASA's brand new Space Launch System, which is the most powerful rocket ever – similar in design to the Saturn V rockets that sent a dozen Apollo astronauts to the Moon.

Leeds Live

Co-op robots to roam streets of Leeds and deliver food to shoppers' homes

Residents will be able to order via an app and will be able to tell the robot where they want it to go

Wales Online

Co-op expands its army of robot delivery carts

Customers can order their delivery to arrive in under an hour and watch the robot travel in real-time via an interactive map

The Independent UK

AI and robots used to enable faster detection of UTIs

Researchers from both Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University are working on the project.

Reason

San Francisco Votes To Allow Killer Robots

Plus: Same-sex marriage bill passes Senate, Montana "mountain man" takes property rights case to SCOTUS, and more...

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