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automate

[aw-tuh-mayt] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪt /
VERB
use machines to replace human workers
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While bots are commonly associated with fake social media accounts that may post false, divisive and inflammatory content, they are also used to automate tasks like scanning web pages so they appear on search engines.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

With lean teams, many small-caps can adopt AI tools quickly, automate workflows, and expand capacity without proportionally growing head count.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

But it turned into one of the many challenges bedeviling the company’s decadelong, multibillion-dollar quest to automate its warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bayne is an inventor, with patent-pending applications for artificial intelligence tools that automate legal workflows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Procomm is simple for novices, can automate the work for advanced users and be run on almost any MS-DOS computer.

From The Online World by Odd De Presno

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

“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

One such company is Aurelian, which sells software that coaches 911 dispatchers and automates nonemergency calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

By integrating quantum mechanics simulations, machine learning, automated identification of chemical reactions, and models of reaction rates, the approach could help researchers investigate other important industrial processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Cloudflare clarified its data includes all automated internet requests to websites hosted on its network, including bots crawling websites for information.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

However, it is possible for consumers to build the same structured saving habits on their own — and earn significantly more interest — simply by setting up automated transfers to a dedicated high-yield savings account.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The company also has built several new automated grocery and e-commerce warehouses from scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Violet, I’d love to respond personally to each and every request for assistance, but unfortunately I’m unable to, due to increased customer demand, so I’ve sent this automated intelligence Nina to talk to you instead.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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

Dean, who joined Google as its 30th employee in 1999, will be CEO at a new public-benefit corporation called Discovery Loop that aims to accelerate technology by automating complicated, multistep science and engineering tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

Instantly I begin counting a beat in my head, automating my actions.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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