Amazon’s warehouses are a paradox of order and chaos, where robots like Vulcan strive to match human efficiency in picking items from cluttered bins. Can AI truly master the art of ‘bin etiquette’ and revolutionize warehouse operations?
Category: robotics/AI
Wouldn’t it be great if music creators had someone to brainstorm with, help them when they’re stuck, and explore different musical directions together? Researchers at KAIST and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed AI technology similar to a fellow songwriter who helps create music.
The work is published in Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
The system developed by Professor Sung-Ju Lee’s research team, Amuse, is an AI-based system that converts various forms of inspiration such as text, images, and audio into harmonic structures (chord progressions) to support composition.
New research shows that AI can identify complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) with over 90% accuracy by analyzing gut microbiome patterns.
A new study introduces a language-agent framework that translates plain English into quantum chemistry computations, signaling a shift toward more accessible and automated scientific workflows.
Researchers have built an AI system called El Agente Q that integrates large language models (LLMs) with quantum chemistry software to autonomously plan, execute, and explain computational chemistry tasks. The system is capable of understanding general scientific queries, breaking them into step-by-step procedures, selecting the right tools, and solving quantum mechanical problems with minimal human intervention.
A new AI agent uses large language models to autonomously interpret natural language prompts and carry out quantum chemistry computations.
Amazon unveils Vulcan, a groundbreaking robot with a “genuine sense of touch” to revolutionize warehouse operations. Can Vulcan outpace human stowers in efficiency and creativity? With robots stowing 80% of 14 billion items annually, the future of logistics is here. Are you ready for it?
Amazon has a new warehouse robot that, for the first time, can “feel” the items it’s handling. CNBC got an exclusive first look at Vulcan in action at a warehouse in Spokane, Washington, where it stows items in tall yellow bins. Until now, only humans could handle the stowing job, but Amazon says Vulcan will create new jobs instead of eliminating them. Amazon wouldn’t disclose how much it cost to develop Vulcan, but it says it took three years and a team that’s grown to 250 people.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction.
1:24 Sense of touch.
5:30 Replacing workers?
8:22 Speed, safety and scale.
Produced and shot by: Katie Tarasov.
Edited by: Evan Lee Miller.
Senior Director of Video: Jeniece Pettitt.
Animation: Mallory Brangan.
Additional Footage: Amazon, Getty Images.
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One of AI’s leading researchers has a simple piece of career advice for young people worried about future-proof skills in the ChatGPT era: be curious.
“I think one job that will not be replaced by AI is the ability to be curious and go after hard problems,” Anima Anandkumar, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, said in an interview with EO Studio that aired on Monday.
“So for young people, my advice is not to be afraid of AI or worry what skills to learn that AI may replace them with, but really be in that path of curiosity,” Anandkumar added.
Digital transformation is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres. From cloud computing, to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data, technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are shaping every aspect of our lives.
In the oil and gas industry, digital transformation is revolutionizing how we supply energy to the world. By deploying a range of 4IR technologies across our business, we aim to meet the world’s energy needs while enhancing productivity, reducing CO2 emissions, and creating next-generation products and materials.
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- China’s real AI-powered police robots now patrolling streets
- DeepSeek’s new self-learning AI rivaling top-tier models
- DeepMind breaks its own AI with a single prompt
- Microsoft accidentally creates its most efficient AI yet
- Meta releases a massive two-trillion-parameter model
- China unveils ultra-fast AI agents and hyper-real video generators
🎥 What You’ll See:
- Advanced humanoid AI in action
- Robotic cops deployed across Chinese cities
- Self-improving AI models that beat OpenAI in key areas
- DeepMind’s AI failure revealing system vulnerabilities
- Meta’s Llama 4 shaking up the AI model race
- China’s AI creating videos that look better than real life
📊 Why It Matters: From real-world AI deployments to record-breaking models, this month shows how fast AI is evolving—reshaping robotics, security, video generation, and self-learning systems in ways we’ve never seen before. #ai #openai #deepseek.
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🔍 What’s Inside:
A humanoid robot that runs and thinks faster than humans.
China’s real AI-powered police robots now patrolling streets.
DeepSeek’s new self-learning AI rivaling top-tier models.
DeepMind breaks its own AI with a single prompt.
Microsoft accidentally creates its most efficient AI yet.
Meta releases a massive two-trillion-parameter model.
China unveils ultra-fast AI agents and hyper-real video generators.
🎥 What You’ll See:
Advanced humanoid AI in action.
Robotic cops deployed across Chinese cities.
Self-improving AI models that beat OpenAI in key areas.
DeepMind’s AI failure revealing system vulnerabilities.
Meta’s Llama 4 shaking up the AI model race.
China’s AI creating videos that look better than real life.
📊 Why It Matters:
From real-world AI deployments to record-breaking models, this month shows how fast AI is evolving—reshaping robotics, security, video generation, and self-learning systems in ways we’ve never seen before.
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