Why AI hasn't replaced every 'automatable' job — yet

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80,000 Hours president Benjamin Todd
80,000 Hours president Benjamin Todd says AI still cannot automate the messiest parts of many jobs.

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Figure AI had one of its robots race an intern to sort packages. See who lost.

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Figure AI intern vs. humanoid
A Figure AI intern competes against a humanoid.

Figure AI

How Heathrow partnered with Salesforce to build a customer-service AI agent

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Departures hall at London Heathrow Airport Terminal.
Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport.

Heathrow

Read the pitch deck Instacart veterans used to raise $8.5 million for AI startup Champ AI

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Champ AI cofounders
Champ AI cofounders Peter Lin, Jagannath Putrevu, and Ted Cheng.

Champ AI

Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

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Figure CEO Brett Adcock is pictured.
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock is betting on a future of "general-purpose humanoids."

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Simon Willison says the 'dark factory' is the next big thing in AI

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Coding
Humans still need to review AI code, for now.

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California's last nuclear power plant has turned to AI to solve its big paperwork problem

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Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California's last operating nuclear facility, located on the central coast.
Diablo Canyon is California's last operating nuclear power plant.

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Is AI coming for your job? Take this quiz to find out.

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Is your job at risk of being taken by AI?

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Silicon Valley airport tests 'José,' an AI-powered robot to ease travel snarls

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José, the new humanoid robot at San Josè Mineta International Airport.
José, the new humanoid robot at San Josè Mineta International Airport.

San Josè Mineta International Airport

Mark Cuban says he thinks the humanoid robot push will fail in 5 to 10 years

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Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban says the future of robotics isn't humanoids.

Anna Webber/Getty Images for Inc. at Inc. Founders House at SXSW

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