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Call Centres Introduce ‘Emotion Cancelling’ AI to Protect Workers From Harassment
Call centre employees have notoriously unpleasant jobs. They field questions from disgruntled customers all day long and can only respond with corporate-mandated jargon. Many expect AI will one day replace these customer service jobs, but for now, several corporations are using AI to address the incredible emotional distress their employees are under. Well, they’re trying—sort…
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Report: Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Raise $1B to Design the ‘iPhone of AI’
After rumours began to swirl that Apple alum Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were having collaborative talks on a mysterious piece of AI hardware, it appears that the pair are indeed trying to corner the smartphone market. The two are reportedly discussing a collaboration on a new kind of smartphone device with $US1…
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Zume, SoftBank’s Multimillion-Dollar Robot Pizza Startup, Is Cooked
Zume, a tech company most people have probably never heard of — but that was once worth nearly half a billion dollars — is officially dead. The company, which wanted to use robots, data collection, and high tech culinary innovation to disrupt the pizza delivery business, is officially insolvent and is currently in the process…
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MIT’s Boston Dynamics Is Suing Ghost Robotics Over Robot Dog Plagiarism
Boston Dynamics wants to ensure its place in the creepy robot dog market. The tech company has filed a complaint against Philadelphia-based Ghost Robotics claiming that the latter has infringed on Boston Dynamics’ patents.