Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run in Chicago suburbs
From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food.
Oct 22, 2025
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Business
Page 13: Research news on Agentic consumer AI
Agentic consumer AI denotes autonomous and semi-autonomous artificial intelligence systems embedded in consumer and workplace contexts to perceive goals, plan actions, and execute tasks on users’ behalf. These systems combine generative AI with persistent personal assistants, shopping and travel agents, in-cabin automotive companions, and integrated services in devices such as smart speakers and phones. They support decision-making, personalization, pricing, customer engagement, and creative collaboration, increasingly coordinating across software, robotics, and payment infrastructures to manage everyday activities with minimal direct user control.
Business
AI and online shopping: How Shein, Temu and others get you hooked
In recent years, several websites selling ultra-low-cost goods have appeared on the French market. Shein, Temu and AliExpress, to name but a few, are shaking up the online retail landscape. According to a study conducted ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Computer Sciences
A new 'blueprint' for advancing practical, trustworthy AI
A new "blueprint" for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data—beyond vision and language—to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Robotics
AI model could boost robot intelligence via object recognition
Stanford researchers have developed an innovative computer vision model that recognizes the real-world functions of objects, potentially allowing autonomous robots to select and use tools more effectively.
Oct 20, 2025
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Business
AI is using your data to set personalized prices online—it could seriously backfire
You check prices online for a flight to Melbourne today. It's $300. You leave your browser open. Two hours later, it's $320. Half a day later, $280. Welcome to the world of algorithmic pricing, where technology tries to figure ...
Oct 20, 2025
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Business
How to make 'smart city' technologies behave ethically
As local governments adopt new technologies that automate many aspects of city services, there is an increased likelihood of tension between the ethics and expectations of citizens and the behavior of these "smart city" tools. ...
Oct 20, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms
On a scorching hot Saturday in San Antonio, dozens of teachers traded a day off for a glimpse of the future. The topic of the day's workshop: enhancing instruction with artificial intelligence.
Oct 17, 2025
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Software
Microsoft pushes AI updates in Windows 11 as it ends support for Windows 10
Microsoft is encouraging people to talk to their laptops as it rolls out new artificial intelligence updates to Windows 11 and pushes users to phase out its predecessor, Windows 10.
Oct 16, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A stapler that knows when you need it: Using AI to turn everyday objects into proactive assistants
A stapler slides across a desk to meet a waiting hand, or a knife edges out of the way just before someone leans against a countertop. It sounds like magic, but in Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute ...
Oct 15, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Old tricks, new tech: Scams in the age of AI
As a college student, Gabriel Aguilar fell victim to an elaborate scam. The fraudsters posed as employers offering job opportunities that provided quick income.
Oct 11, 2025
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