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automate

[aw-tuh-mayt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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Bayne is an inventor, with patent-pending applications for artificial intelligence tools that automate legal workflows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

AI is also helping to automate inventory tracking and improve order accuracy, executives said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

In wealth management, where Rogo says it is still in its early days, the firm wants to automate some of the same types of tasks for advisers that it has for investment bankers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Shares of Meta Platforms rose 6.6% to $653.69 after it launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed to automate routine tasks such as booking appointments, filling out forms and monitoring home-security camera feeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Or they are reduced to a stereotyped repertory that is easy to mechanize, to automate, and finally, to do away with.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

Real-time supply-chain data tracks shop inventory and automates reordering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"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

Amazon said it would spend more than $100 million on a new robotics factory near Indianapolis as it automates more of the work inside its warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

In France, several cities have operated automated metro lines for years, whereas Germany has only one, in the midsize city of Nuremberg.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company is marketing Jev as a better choice for integration in automated software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Officers were subsequently able to use automated license plate readers to identify the minivan and two addresses, one in Anaheim and another in Fountain Valley, that were associated with it, Garcia said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The investigators note that the findings may apply only to blood pressure measurements taken with automated devices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then there was a ding, and an automated voice said, “The next stop is Alewife.”

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Researchers wrote in a paper published Monday that automating AI research could set off an “intelligence explosion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That could involve redesigning tax structures to "make it a bit more attractive to hold on to workers than automating them," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Investors also fear that generative AI could disrupt the country's $315-billion IT services industry by automating tasks long outsourced to India, such as customer service and app maintenance.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Agentic AI trading automates the active, complex work, multistep trades, strategy switching, custom position sizing. That’s not automating discipline; that’s automating action. Not the same thing.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 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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