Robots had a starring role in at least five brand ads played during the Super Bowl. The commercials mark a creative trend that “reflects the mood and anxieties of a society confronted with new, ...

DETROIT – General Motors (GM ) says it'll edit a commercial about a sad robot jumping off a bridge because complaints were made to a suicide-prevention group. The ad made its debut during the Super ...

Responding to a week of growing criticism from suicide prevention and mental health groups, General Motors announced late on Friday that it will modify the "quality" ad first shown during the Super ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 31, 2019 at 10:16 am January 31, 2019 at 10:25 ...

Super Bowl LIII may have been low on sports excitement, but it had plenty of robots and artificial intelligences — in the commercials, anyways. Ad after ad featured bots and AIs — mostly for laughs, ...

When the makers of the da Vinci surgical robot asked University of Illinois doctors to appear in a national advertising campaign, their Chicago hospital saw an opportunity to promote its expertise ...

Indie sci-fi movie Robot & Frank is built around a somewhat messed-up premise: Buying a robot companion to take care of your aging father when you’re not around. Even though such care-bots aren’t ...

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“Robots” uses Coolidge’s comedic performance to highlight what can be an irritating expectation consumers have when calling customer service. According to a recent Discover and Dynata survey, 95% of ...

Paul Levy, prominent blogger and former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is calling for some disciplinary action at a Chicago-based hospital over its ad for da ...