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
In the filing, meant to whet investors’ appetites for the offering, Anthropic said its technology could transform how people code, conduct research, automate routine tasks and even help cure major diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
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
“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
In essence, that could mean AI is less like a self-checkout machine, which automates away the need for cashiers, and more like a laser level that helps a surveyor make accurate measurements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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 Koreatown, the department has 17 automated litter bins and 19 metal slatted bins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Last year, a Los Angeles World Airports representative said LAX would move to integrate Waymo taxis once the automated Skylink people mover has been completed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The agency said drivers are fully responsible for operating a vehicle and must remain attentive when using a partially automated system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
I guess my mom got some automated message on her cell phone later, though, because she calls Frank’s TracFone from the restaurant and asks him to put me on the line.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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While the company acknowledged that AI is automating tasks, it said the roles being eliminated weren’t being replaced by AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 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
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
But WM, formerly known as Waste Management, has already seen operational improvements from automating significant parts of its residential trash collection business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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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