The Next Frontier for Drones: Letting Them Fly Out of Sight July 7, 2022 By Matt O'Brien and Nathan Ellgren For years, there’s been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just...
Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Kentucky Candle Plant December 14, 2021 By Dylan Lovan and Matt O'Brien The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that...
New York City Aims to Be First to Rein in AI Hiring Tools November 24, 2021 By Matt O'Brien Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews. But New...
Microsoft Says Labor Department Is Questioning Its Effort to Boost Diversity October 8, 2020 By Matt O'Brien and Alexandra Olson Microsoft says the U.S. Labor Department is scrutinizing its efforts to boost Black employment and leadership at the tech company....
How Real Are ‘Ethical Artificial Intelligence’ Efforts by Tech Giants? April 11, 2019 By Matt O'Brien and Rachel Lerman The biggest tech companies want the public to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of...
MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath April 8, 2019 By Matt O'Brien Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life — from photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots —...
Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs January 28, 2019 By Matt O'Brien Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation...
Robot Detects Spill on Aisle 3 But Human Cleans It Up January 23, 2019 By Matt O'Brien A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola,...
A U.S. Privacy Law Could Be Good for Google, but Bad for You October 3, 2018 By Marcy Gordon and Matt O'Brien U.S. Congress is taking the first steps toward setting national rules governing how companies use consumers data – although one...
What Comes Next in Facebook’s Major Data Breach October 2, 2018 By Matt O'Brien and Mae Anderson For users, Facebook’s revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question:...