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In a wide-ranging interview with BI, Tye Brady explains why the company is investing heavily in robots.

Robotics startup Figure AI is raising $1.5 billion at a $39.5 billion valuation, a whopping 15 times higher than before.

Figure AI said it raised $675 million in a funding round, with investors such as Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.com founder ...

Meta’s new robotics group, which will be led by Marc Whitten, driverless car startup Cruise’s former CEO, will also create ...

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms has moved beyond trying to connect humans and is ready to focus on building robotic ...

The Facebook parent is entering the competitive field of humanoid robotics, joining rivals such as Nvidia-backed Figure AI ...

Chula Vista is one of a dozen departments in the US that operate what are called drone-as-first-responder programs, where drones are dispatched by pilots, who are listening to live 911 calls, and ...

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People use metaphors to depict AI. These guide our use of AI. I examine those metaphors. A twist is that AI itself can infuse ...