Las Vegas has run three self-driving vehicle trials since 2017
The first trial's shuttle crashed within two hours of its 2017 debut. Police cited the lorry driver, not the shuttle, for the crash.
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A warehouse robot's job is carrying, not picking
A warehouse robot spends its shift moving pallets, totes, and shelves under a routing system, while a person still handles most single items.
A surgeon still controls the surgical robots used on patients
A surgeon drives the surgical robots used on patients today, from an NHS console to the labs training robots to work with less help.
Why humanoid robots still struggle with balance and hands
A humanoid must balance on two legs, match a human hand and learn from demonstration. Figure and Tesla are trying, and Rodney Brooks sees a bubble.
UK hiring confidence is at its lowest outside the pandemic
A CIPD survey of more than 2,000 employers finds one in six expect AI to shrink their workforce next year, against 6% who expect it to grow.
Will AI replace lawyers? Trainees are the first to feel it
A Harvard Law School centre reports AI cutting junior legal roles, yet the US Bureau of Labor Statistics still forecasts 4% growth in lawyer jobs.
Employers are retraining staff instead of hiring AI engineers
Job postings for generative AI skills rose 1,848% in 2023, and companies short of engineers to hire are retraining the staff they already have.