This paper studies the effects of automation in economies with labor market distortions that generate worker rents—wages above opportunity cost—in some jobs. We show that automation targets high-rent ...

CEOs are facing a strategic fork in the road when it comes to AI. Are they primarily seeking to improve the bottom line through automation and headcount reduction? Or is their ultimate goal to grow ...

The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today announced it has acquired SIMPL Automation, a Waltham, Mass.-based leader in automation and technology systems. SIMPL uses advanced ...

Call your agents. Or better yet, code them—using sentences as dead-simple as this one. AI assistants that can handle work and everyday personal tasks, all powered by brisk English-language commands ...

Companies like UPS, FedEx and DHL are increasingly turning to automation in their warehouse processes to work toward greater efficiency and lower costs. But with the rise of automation, companies are ...

Embedded Anthropic engineers have spent six months at Goldman building autonomous systems for time-intensive, high-volume back-office work. The bank expects efficiency gains rather than near-term job ...

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Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 9 - Industry, innovation & infrastructure Explore the future of manufacturing automation with our curated Collection from Scientific ...

Intelligent process automation (IPA) represents a transformative approach combining robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and other advanced technologies to streamline ...