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Delivery bots learn to tackle those last 100 steps
Why it matters: By starting with last-mile package delivery, Rivr says it's "laying the groundwork for a powerful data ...
This Robot Dog Could Fetch Your Next Package Delivery
Rivr partnered with delivery service Veho to launch its canine-like package delivery robots in Austin. Dog-like robots could ...
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AI Customer Service Bot Disabled After Trashing Company Using It
The UK-based package delivery service DPD has disabled parts of its AI chatbot service after the bot was caught swearing at customers and even insulting DPD, multiple outlets have reported.
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Flower delivery service launches AI bot ‘MomVerse’ that can write poems for Mother’s Day
Those who dread signing cards need not fear, a flower delivery service has launched an AI bot that can write poems and songs for Mother’s Day. Dubbed the “MomVerse,” 1-800-FLOWERS.COM says ...
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Delivery robots roaming the streets? Mountain View’s trying them out
They made their first appearance in 2019 when Google partnered with the Mountain View Public Library and launched an automated “book bot” delivery service that ran for three months.
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Serve Robotics and Wing to trial robot-to-drone delivery in Dallas
Uber-backed Serve Robotics and Alphabet’s Wing are betting that combining forces might just create the ultimate automated last-mile delivery service ... up by a Serve bot from a single ...
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Delivery Firm’s AI Chatbot Goes Rogue, Curses at Customer and Criticizes Company
An AI customer service chatbot for international ... criticize the company––all of which it did. The bot called DPD the “worst delivery firm in the world” and soliloquized in its poem ...
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Company disables AI after bot starts swearing at customer, calls itself the ‘worst delivery firm in the world’
“There was once a chatbot named DPD / Who was useless at providing help,” the bot ... “worst delivery firm in the world” because it is “slow, unreliable, and their customer service ...
Skip the human? Food delivery service test drives robots in downtown Markham
A fleet of orange delivery bots are part of a three-month Skip pilot project in Markham. Not everyone is thrilled.
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Delivery bots, roll out! Robots now delivering food across University of Akron campus
The University of Akron rolled out a campus-wide robot food delivery service Wednesday in partnership ... she goes), Asher (the most laid-back bot on campus) and Harry (the posh British bot).
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No dilly-dallying here: Baemin's delivery bot hits the streets of Gangnam
“We plan to connect with our food delivery service so more people can experience the convenience of delivery robots,” the company said in a press release Tuesday.