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Artificial intelligence generated text - another possibility for the technology.

Nearly half of US firms using AI say goal is to cut staffing costs

Some 45 per cent of firms surveyed said they had added technology since January 2022 to automate what had once been employees’ tasks.

  • Brian Delk

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Amazon Australia’s automated facility in Melbourne will be slightly bigger than its fulfilment centre at Kemps Creek in Sydney.

Amazon’s robot army is headed to Melbourne

The retail giant has revealed plans for Australia’s largest warehouse as it banks on the continued growth of online shopping despite the cost-of-living crunch.

  • Emma Koehn
Bunnings is looking for a more streamlined management structure.

Bunnings working to keep things simple as tech pays dividends

The boss of DIY giant Bunnings says the company’s push to simplify its back office should translate to a better experience for customers seeking bargains.

  • Emma Koehn
Robor waiter

Waiting for my QR order, I hunger for the nourishment of human interaction

There may well be monetary benefits in replacing humans with robots and computers, but there is always a heavy societal and political price to pay.

  • Nick Bryant
Ripe Robotics test robots picks an apple from an orchard.

Could robots be coming to the places that grow your food?

The simple act of picking fruit poses manifold challenges to a machine, but innovations are making the challenge surmountable.

  • Nick Bonyhady
AI, the internet of things and big data analytics will be key to future living standards, says the Productivity Commission.

Living standards at risk without big data and artificial intelligence

AI and big data sound like something from dystopian sci-fi films, but the Productivity Commission says without making use of them our living standards will fall.

  • Shane Wright
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US authorities investigate crashes involving semi or fully autonomous vehicles such as this one in California in 2018.

Push for new body to probe ‘half-human’ vehicle crashes

Two experts say Australia should set up a US-style investigation authority to examine road incidents involving automated vehicles after a driver said her Tesla was on autopilot when it collided with a woman in Melbourne this week.

  • Michael Fowler
Matthew Wood with his son at home in Sydney.

Coles workers face bleak Christmas as wave of automation sweeps industry

An Australian Catholic University academic has warned some warehouse workers face a worse fate than their colleagues in the car industry.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Woolworths' new micro fulfilment centre in Carrum Downs.

Supermarket jobs still safe despite automation agenda, says Woolworths boss

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci has pledged that supermarket jobs won't suffer at the hands of automation.

  • Dominic Powell
Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey has urged workers to swap cities for the country.

Send NSW public servants to the regions, unions argue

The NSW union movement has backed a traditional priority of the Nationals: getting public service jobs out of Sydney and into regional parts of the state.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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