Automation can sometimes substitute for human work. But by reinventing jobs to optimize work between humans and automation, organizations can attract a larger and more qualified applicant pool and achieve better retention, greater safety, and increased diversity.

Amazon.com Inc's AMZN.O machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.

A report by the OECD finds that 14% of jobs across 32 countries are vulnerable to automation, and a further 32% of roles will see significant differences in how tasksa re performed. The article provides a breakdown by country, job displacement, and the change in skills demand.

An early peek of design plans for Sidewalk Toronto

Arguments for using algorithms over human decision making, inlcuding research on level of accuracy and bias.

US airlines have changed their websites to keep China happy, hours before a deadline for them to do so expired. Beijing had demanded that American Airlines (AAL), Delta (DAL) and United (UAL) change how they refer to Taiwan by Wednesday, or risk sanctions in one of the world's biggest markets for air travel.

During the Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Life Institute announced that more than 2,400 individuals and 160 companies and organizations have signed a pledge, declaring that they will "neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade or use of lethal autonomous weapons."

A paper looks at the significant effects automation will have, especially in developing economies, where the labor market is skewed toward work that requires the sort of routine, manual labor, as well as what solutions may be out there.

While Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Australia’s Qantas have changed how they described Taiwan on their websites, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have remained among the last few standing, calling the island a region or country.They could face measures such as air traffic control delays, ramp inspections, hold-ups at immigration and security checks.

The fatal crash that killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, occurred because of a software bug in Uber's self-driving car technology. According to two anonymous sources , Uber's sensors did, in fact, detect Herzberg as she crossed the street with her bicycle. Unfortunately, the software classified her as a "false positive" and decided it didn't need to stop for her.