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12/08/2023
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By Cassie B.
Amazon’s new generative AI assistant “Q” has “severe hallucinations” and leaks confidential data
Amazon’s fledgling generative AI assistant, Q, has been struggling with factual inaccuracies and privacy issues, according to leaked internal communications. The chatbot was recently announced by Amazon’s cloud computing division and will be aimed at businesses. A company blog post says it was built to help employees write emails, troubleshoot, code, research and summarize reports […]
10/30/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Amazon prepares army of 750,000 ROBOTS to eliminate HUMAN workers
Amazon recently announced that it has “750,000 robots working collaboratively” with human employees. The company introduced two new robotic systems to speed up its deliveries, raising concerns among fulfillment center workers that the e-commerce giant might eventually reduce or totally replace its human workforce. In a blog post on Oct. 18, Amazon revealed that its […]
10/24/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Amazon begins testing drone delivery of medications in Texas
Big Tech company Amazon’s pharmaceutical subsidiary, Amazon Pharmacy, has begun testing the use of drones to deliver prescription medications in Texas. The company announced on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in a blog post that customers in the small city of College Station, Texas will be eligible to get their prescriptions delivered by a drone within an […]
08/31/2023
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By Laura Harris
LAYOFFS INCOMING: Walmart teams up with Wings for high-speed drone deliveries to 60,000 homes in Dallas
Retail giant Walmart has announced a new partnership with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google parent company Alphabet, to offer drone delivery services from two of its branches in Dallas to 60,000 customers in the area. The Walmart Supercenter, located in Frisco, Texas, is set to pioneer the drone delivery service while a […]
07/25/2023
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By Laura Harris
Amazon rolling out PAY-BY-PALM services as new payment tech at all Whole Foods Market stores
Amazon, the tech and retail giant and the parent company of Whole Foods, announced on July 20 that it is expanding its pay-by-palm services known as Amazon One to all Whole Foods Market stores across the United States. Initially launched in 2021, Amazon One will be fully operational for both payment and Prime membership benefits to more than […]
02/23/2023
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By News Editors
‘Authors’ using ChatGPT flood Amazon books
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the ChatGPT artificial intelligence program, Schickler figured an opportunity had landed in his lap. (Article by Greg Bensinger republished from Reuters.com) “The idea of writing a book finally […]
10/04/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
Voice assistants Siri and Alexa creating RUDE, ANTISOCIAL children
A researcher warned parents that voice assistants Siri and Alexa are creating rude and antisocial children. Dr. Anmol Arora of the University of Cambridge said children’s interactions with these voice assistant devices at a young age may be a critical factor as to how they will develop later on in life. He wrote in a paper […]
06/17/2019
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By Ethan Huff
Creepy stalkers: Robots can now track moving objects with extreme accuracy
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reportedly developed a new robot technology that uses tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track moving objects in realtime with incredible accuracy. In a paper presented at the recent USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, researchers revealed how this new-wave robotics technology is capable […]
07/01/2018
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By David Williams
Walmart gearing up to launch own cashierless stores via secret “Project Kepler”
Will all the big retail stores, such as Walmart in the U.S., become filled with robots and autonomous systems in the not-so-distant future? All signs point to yes, and in fact that future might arrive a lot sooner than you think. If you ask the biggest names in U.S. retail right now about what the future might […]
04/06/2018
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By Lance D Johanson
Amazon patent admits it will listen in real-time for “trigger words” that could get you arrested and imprisoned
An Amazon patent, filed in June 12, 2017, reveals a massive conspiracy to spy on you using a “voice sniffer algorithm.” If approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, this artificial intelligence can be embedded inside Amazon devices, including the Amazon Alexa. The “voice sniffer algorithm” would take advantage of the microphones already built […]
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