automate
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AI assistants can help automate tasks, prompting companies to rethink the sizes of their global workforce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Once you decide the amount of money you want to put toward this bill each month, automate payments on payday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
For some workers AI might be a useful tool, but robots could automate other jobs, he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Executives also were “optimistic” regarding AI’s ability to automate manual tasks and act as a real-time tool for several sales, marketing and finance functions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
He entered the receptionist's office, flicked a hand at LaVerne Sandell, one of the few employees it seemed impossible to automate out of her position, and said, "The Chief is probably expecting me."
From Subversive by John Schoenherr
"We are really trying to address the staff shortage, not replace drivers," said Milo Belien, a software engineer at Futurail, a French-German start-up that automates trains.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gearing Up: Amazon, already one of the world’s biggest robot makers, is scaling up production as it automates more of the work inside its warehouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Amazon.com, already one of the world’s biggest robot makers, is scaling up production as it automates more of the work inside its warehouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“As AI automates more of the economy and more of society, we are handing over more and more power to it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
You get on these by sending a message to a specific e- mail address, which is often that of a computer that automates the process.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
Although the bureau previously said it serviced more than 5,000 receptacles citywide, Johnson said many automated bins have since been damaged or destroyed, prompting the department to switch to more durable metal slatted bins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Comma.ai’s device is legal, highlighting what experts say are gray areas around automated driving-assistance technologies, or ADAS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The plant is highly automated, but workers still have to remove items that cannot be processed and regularly inspect waste to check what is being sent for recycling.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Now Johnson said she’s struggling to get her resume and cover letter through automated application readers that may mistakenly interpret her college graduation date of 2025 as meaning she’s had little work experience.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Now Mom got paid about seven hundred dollars a month, and the first time I saw her gray-green pay check, with its detachable stub and automated signatures, I thought our troubles were over.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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However, a lack of knowledge around credit scores and automating payments landed him in heavy debt after college, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
More recently, the evolution of AI has increased the ease with which these websites can be populated with content, eliminating the need to pay writers and automating the production of social media posts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
The real danger of automating our ordinary encounters isn’t that we’ll suddenly forget what human connection feels like.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Beijing has been quite clear that it sees AI as a solution to its ageing workforce, and is rapidly automating manufacturing and production.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instantly I begin counting a beat in my head, automating my actions.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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