Meet Isaac 1, the $8,000 home robot that wants to take folding laundry off your to-do list

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Weave Robotics' Isaac 1
Weave Robotics' Isaac 1

Weave Robotics

The humanoid robot boom is here. These top Silicon Valley investors aren't buying it.

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Different types of robots
Investors are divided over what robot bodies should look like.

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Ancestry has spent decades digitizing family records. AI is helping speed it up.

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Family filing photos for professional digitization with AncestryPreserve.

Ancestry

GNC's AI-powered drones help reduce backorders while boosting warehouse worker satisfaction

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Warehouse drone checking inventory.
AI can enable drones to fly longer since they require less onboard computing, said Brendan Englot, the director of the Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Corvus Robotics

Robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone

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FieldAI robot
FieldAI builds software for all kinds of robots.

FieldAI

Amazon is on a mission to optimize warehouse work. Its latest test puts wearable devices on support staff.

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An Amazon warehouse employee
An Amazon warehouse employee

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Humanoid robot startup Agility Robotics is going public at a $2.5 billion valuation via a SPAC

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Humanoid Digit
Agility Robotics' humanoid Digit.

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Portland Leather Goods was buried in social media messages. An AI startup helped them automate the process.

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Interior shot of Portland Leather Goods workspace.
Portland Leather Goods uses Nectar Social, an AI-assisted platform, to manage social media engagement.

Portland Leather Goods

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.

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