US Police Have Quietly Brought a “Terrifying” Robot Dog Into Their Ranks
By Elias Marat Police in the United States have quietly begun integrating advanced robots into officers’ ranks, raising alarm among civil liberties advocates and police…
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“More And More Robots Are Coming” — South Korea Embraces Job-Killing ‘Friends’
By Tyler Durden The collision of demographics and automation will potentially reshape South Korea’s economy by 2030. A new analysis via Bloomberg shows the collision…
Robots Are Taking Our Fake News Jobs!
By corbettreport You’ve heard that the independent media (i.e. the media that actually challenges the establishment narratives) is full of Russian bots, and you probably…
The Rise Of Robots Is Crippling Jobs In The Already Recessionary Auto Industry
By Tyler Durden It’s no longer a question of “if” we’re going to all eventually be replaced with robot overlords in the workplace, it’s a question…
US Army Purchases 624 Robotic Mules For Combat Use
By Tyler Durden In an effort to rapidly modernize before the next large-scale military conflict, the US Army has purchased 624 robotic mules from General…
U.S. Military Seeks A.I. “Quarterback” to Call Plays for The Internet of Battlefield Things
By Nicholas West Similar to its civilian counterpart, The Internet of Things, the military has been trying to increase the integration between physical objects, data…
Now Even Sex Robots Have Rights — And More Stories From This Week’s Absurd News Files
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world…
Robo Realtors Invade Tennessee Housing Market — “It’s Like A Segway With An iPad”
By Tyler Durden As you might remember, if not, we’ll refresh your memory, we reported on a real estate technology company several years ago that…
“Dramatic Change” Ahead: Robots Are Coming For 200,000 US Banking Jobs
By Tyler Durden A new report by Wells Fargo & Co. warns that nearly 200,000 US banking jobs are at risk of being displaced by…
ATLAS Video Shows Massive Evolution in DARPA’s Humanoid Robot
By Activist Post As most readers of Activist Post know, we have been chronicling the evolution of humanoid robots for years. Jason Bermas breaks down…
Meet The Robotic Welder That Will Soon Be Putting Construction Workers Out Of Jobs
By Tyler Durden While claiming to address the “shortage” of skilled welders, a company called Hirebotics has now engineered the first “robotic welding solution for…
Man’s Best Friend? A.I. Robo-Dog Gets a Doberman Head
By Nicholas West While I don’t subscribe to the idea that there are inherently bad breeds of dogs, Hollywood has done its best to create…
Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology Can Now Detect Fear in People: Claim
By Jessica Corbett Privacy advocates are responding with alarm to Amazon’s claim this week that the controversial cloud-based facial recognition system the company markets to law enforcement…
A.I. “RoboCops” Continue Rolling Out Across U.S. Collecting Biometrics and Creating Blacklists
By Nicholas West The move toward using robots in law enforcement, private security, and even to scare away the homeless, has been a decade-long trend…