#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot

#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot

“#Miami Herald’s newest real estate reporter is a robot” Here’s some news that may push journalists’ buttons. The Miami’s Herald’s newest “reporter” is a robot who churns out real estate stories like a machine, according to a report. The Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper has enlisted artificial-intelligence software to write dozens of two-to-three paragraph stories about property…

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#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

“#As workers age, robots take on more jobs” Sept 16 – It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are aging the most rapidly. That is the conclusion of a new study that looked at demographic and industry-level data in 60 countries and found a…

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#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain

#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain

“#How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain” Sept 1 – It has long been known that making eye contact with a robot can be an unsettling experience. Scientists even have a name for the queasy feeling: the “uncanny valley”. Now, thanks to researchers in Italy, we also know it’s more than just a…

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#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories

#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories

“#Silicon Valley’s answer to the labor shortage in US factories” LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug 26 – Silicon Valley has a new pitch to persuade small companies to automate: rent-a-robot. Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots to big companies all across America. But few of these automatons are…

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