Artificial Intelligence Technologies

Mr. Musk first laid out the vision for the robot, called Optimus, little more than a year ago at Tesla’s first-ever AI day. At the time, a dancer in a costume appeared onstage. This time, Mr. Musk has said he wants a prototype to be at the gathering that is scheduled to unfold from 5 p.m. local time in Palo Alto, Calif. Mr. Musk has painted a vision of Optimus as helping Tesla make cars more efficiently. He has also suggested the robot could serve broader functions and potentially alleviate labor shortages.…

SINGAPORE—U.S. restrictions on sales of Nvidia Corp.’s NVDA -11.63% high-end processors to China throw a wrench in Beijing’s ambitions to lead in artificial intelligence, as Chinese officials accused the U.S. of monopolizing advanced technologies.The curbs cut off China’s biggest tech companies from some of the world’s most advanced chips. Nvidia’s affected customers include Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA -3.33% , the…

More casual-dining restaurants and takeout joints are dispensing with direct phone lines, opting instead to divert customer calls to voice bots.Pushing customers who call in orders and reservations to automated lines run on artificial intelligence can help staff focus on cooking and serving, some restaurant executives say. That is particularly helpful in a time when 65% of restaurant operators say they don’t have enough employees to support customer demand, according to a survey conducted by the National Restaurant…

The first robot that many human beings welcomed into their homes was a peculiar creature born 20 years ago with a funny name. It didn’t look the way we imagined robots, and it didn’t perform the tasks we envisioned outsourcing to robots. We pictured self-driving cars. We got a self-driving vacuum cleaner. But this robot that became more popular than anyone could have predicted was more powerful than it looked and far more influential than you might suspect. What began as a $10,000 prototype…

The first robot that many human beings welcomed into their homes was a peculiar creature born 20 years ago with a funny name. It didn’t look the way we imagined robots, and it didn’t perform the tasks we envisioned outsourcing to robots. We pictured self-driving cars. We got a self-driving vacuum cleaner. But this robot that became more popular than anyone could have predicted was more powerful than it looked and far more influential than you might suspect. What began as a $10,000 prototype…

In late 2021, as states eased pandemic restrictions and consumers began flying again, travel search company Kayak needed a message that would help it stand out against bigger rivals.Most travel ads focused on “the family reunion space, soft piano music, the get-together on the beach,” said Matthew Clarke, vice president of North American marketing for the Booking Holdings Inc. company. Kayak took a different approach with the “Kayak Deniers” campaign, which went…

Databricks Inc. says it has topped $1 billion in annualized revenue, a milestone that comes as the nine-year-old data analytics company looks to acquire other tech startups to drive growth. Co-founder and Chief Executive Ali Ghodsi said he has no immediate plans for a public market debut or to raise another round of investor funding, adding that the San Francisco-based company has enough cash to see it through a prolonged recession. Databricks,... Databricks Inc. says it has topped $1 billion in…

Blake Lemoine told Google he believed that its Language Model for Dialogue Applications is a person who has rights and might well have a soul. Photo: Martin Klimek/The Washington Post/Getty Images…

Artificial intelligence might one day be used to power genuinely humanlike cyborgs or other figments of humanity’s fertile imagination. For now, Ingo Stork is using the technology to help restaurant chains waste less food and do more with fewer workers.Dr. Stork is co-founder of PreciTaste, a startup that uses AI-based sensors and algorithms to accomplish one fairly specific task: predict how much food people will order at any given moment, and make sure that it’s being prepared in a timely fashion. The idea—to reduce…

By Rebecca Feng and Jing YangJune 30, 2022 6:32 am ETSenseTimeGroup Inc. shares fell by nearly half, erasing nearly $12 billion in market value, as some investors in the Chinese artificial-intelligence company rushed for the door after a six-month lockup period ended.The AI specialist had pushed ahead with a Hong Kong listing in December, despite being added to a U.S. investment blacklist. To do that, it had leaned on a few major investors who had promised not to sell for six months—a commitment that ended Wednesday,…