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AI Poised to Impact High-Skill US Jobs, Including Finance
A robot arm ready to go. (Getty Images)
Artificial intelligence is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never before.
November 20, 2019Automation Debate Across Trucking Industry Lingers, Lawmakers Say
Moderator Josh Resnik (from left), Hollingsworth and Cuellar by Eugene Mulero/Transport Topics
WASHINGTON — Federal policymakers seek to reassure truckers about their future in the labor force as they acknowledge the need to adapt to a new landscape amid advancements in automation.
November 20, 2019As L.A. Ports Automate, Some Workers Are Cheering On Robots
The arrival of robots at the Port of Los Angeles is exposing a stark economic divide between two sets of Southern California workers.
November 7, 2019Robots Are Hurting Pay, Fed Study Finds
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
Automation has “contributed substantially” to reducing the portion of national income that goes to U.S. workers over the past two decades, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
October 1, 2019FMCSA, NHTSA Extend Comment Window on Automated Driving Systems
Daimler
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are extending the public comment period meant to gather input on automated driving systems.
July 29, 2019Kroger Goes Full Robot to Take On Amazon With Ocado
A customer order crate travels along a conveyor belt at the Ocado Group Plc distribution center in Dordon, U.K., on Dec. 16, 2016. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
Kroger has unleashed a flurry of initiatives to ensure it won’t get thumped in a post-Amazon-buying-Whole-Foods world, but its biggest gamble is a partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group to build as many as 20 automated grocery warehouses in the United States.
July 22, 2019New, More Agile Robots Speed Takeover of Jobs From Humans
Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg News
Robots that can see, learn and grip different items are advancing quickly into the retail, food-and-beverage, and consumer-packaged-good industries. While deliveries of robots to the U.S. auto industry fell 12% last year, shipments to food and consumer-product companies soared 48%.
July 12, 2019UPS Sees Payoff From $20 Billion Tech Bet, but Investors Remain Wary
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UPS Inc. is counting on algorithms you can’t see to prove that investors were wrong to doubt its three-year, $20 billion technological makeover. It’s all part of CEO David Abney’s bet on squeezing out costs and becoming more nimble as UPS adjusts to surging e-commerce deliveries.
April 23, 2019Editorial: The Human Element for Automated Technology
Across three industry events in the span of just a few days last week, the evolution of automated driving was front and center, with everyone from government leaders to technology innovators looking ahead to how — and at what pace — automation might someday reshape the trucking industry.
February 28, 2019Robotic Vehicles, Loading Zone Updates Seen as Tools for Final-Mile Delivery
An autonomous parcel delivery robot, by Starship Technologies. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
WASHINGTON — More freight is moving and e-commerce is booming, but there is a finite amount of urban space for road use and parking for delivery vehicles. It’s a problem known as the final mile, and it’s especially profound in cities.
January 15, 2019