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Trump's tariffs are putting the robots to work

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 05:00

Tech Insider : Business

A Formic robotic arm places packages — Formic's automated palletizer works in a facility.
Formic

Tech, Robotics, Tariffs, eCommerce, DTC, automation, supply-chain

Sam's Club CEO says automating stores isn't a move to eliminate jobs

Mon, 10/28/2024 - 14:44

Sam's Club CEO Chris Nicholas — Sam's Club CEO Chris Nicholas said he spent time stocking shelves and pricing items as a teenager in the UK.
Dominick Reuter/Business Insider

Retail, AI, Careers, sams-club, walmart, automation

Leaders from BCG, Infosys, AARP, and more predict how AI will transform top companies in the next 12 months

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 09:44

Workforce Innovation Series template with vertical, colorful stripes on the left and bottom sides. A blue-tinted photo of two colleagues looking at a computer with code — Getty Images; Andrius Banelis for BI

It's impossible to talk about workforce innovation without addressing artificial intelligence.

Strategy, workforce-innovation, workforce-innovation-board, roundtable, AI, Company, upskilling

Fears of automation are at the heart of the dockworkers strike

Wed, 10/02/2024 - 10:22

Tech Insider : Economy

Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract. — Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.
Giorgio Viera / AFP via Getty Images

Transportation, economy, Tech, AI, port-strike, Shipping, automation

Why workers who lose their jobs to AI will be better off than the Midwest manufacturing employees of two decades ago

Fri, 08/02/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

unemployed workers, looking for jobs — The loss of manufacturing jobs in recent decades has brought about economic hardships for many Americans. AI job displacement won't play out quite the same way.
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

economy, finance, Careers, economy, finance, Careers, AI

AI won't replace human workers, but 'people that use it will replace people that don't,' AI expert Andrew Ng says

Sun, 07/28/2024 - 16:23

Tech Insider : Economy

Andrew Ng — Andrew Ng is an AI optimist.
Steve Jennings / Stringer/Getty Images

AI, economy, AI, andrew-ng, big-tech, Jobs, labor-market

Walmart just showed off its new AI-powered warehouses — take a look inside

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 14:06

The exterior of a Walmart automated distribution center — The exterior of a recently completed grocery distribution center in Lancaster, Texas.
Walmart

Retail, AI, walmart, automation, distribution-center

Walmart says automating its warehouses will actually give workers longer careers

Wed, 06/26/2024 - 05:28

Walmart warehouse — Inside a Walmart warehouse.
Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Retail, AI, walmart, amazon, E-Commerce, warehouse, fulfillment-centers

Elon Musk predicts universal basic income will take off once AI replaces workers. Read his 8 best quotes about UBI.

Sat, 06/22/2024 - 08:14

Tech Insider : Economy, Technology

Elon Musk — Elon Musk
Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images

economy, Tech, trending-uk, elon-musk, universal-basic-income, UBI, tesla

Automation Never Tasted So Good

Fri, 06/14/2024 - 11:00

automation, body text, technology internet, electronic documents

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