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As the Department of Transportation begins the process of overhauling the country’s air traffic control system — a $12 billion undertaking — there are already plans to integrate artificial intelligence into it in the future. Addressing fears that AI is meant to completely replace air traffic controllers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CBS News, “that’s…

Tim Cook, who has been with Apple for nearly three decades and has served as the company’s CEO for 15 years, will step down in September and stay on as chairman. The tech giant announced Monday who will replace Cook. Jo Ling Kent reports.

Tim Cook will step down as Apple’s CEO later this year and be replaced by John Ternus, a senior vice president of hardware engineering, the technology company announced on Monday.  Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors, replacing Arthur Levinson, the company said. Ternus, a 25-year Apple veteran, will assume the role…

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the Beijing E-Town Robot Half Marathon on Sunday, tackling the 13-mile (21-kilometer) race separate from human runners. Developed by Chinese smartphone company Honor, Lightning…

The renewable energy company Panthalassa says it has a solution to the proliferation of AI data centers, which consume massive amounts of energy and are the cause of increased carbon pollution: sea-based data centers, powered by wave energy. Correspondent David Pogue examines what Panthalassa’s alternative to land-based data centers may mean.

The process of making 30 billion tons of concrete every year produces more carbon pollution than all the world’s ships and planes put together. Now, the North Carolina and Denmark-based Biomason is using biotechnology, including naturally-occurring microbes, to create “biocement” that’s just as sturdy but emits much less CO2. David Pogue reports.

There are two global problems you probably don’t like to think about. First, burning gas and coal is still heating up the planet. Second, the thousands of AI data centers popping up all over the country consume enormous amounts of power, which produces even more carbon pollution – and drives up our electric bills. And…

Can Allbirds take flight as an AI company? – CBS News Watch CBS News The struggling shoe brand Allbirds announced it is exiting the footwear business and re-inventing itself as an artificial intelligence company. Max Darrow has more from San Francisco.

Artificial intelligence “agents” promise to do everything from tidying up your email like Marie Kondo declutters a closet, to buying you a pair of heels based on your budget and style preferences. Yet technology experts warn that outsourcing key decisions to AI exposes consumers to risks, potentially leading to communications errors and costing people money,…

Actor Val Kilmer died last April, and yet he is starring in a new movie, made after his death. Jo Ling Kent reports on how filmmakers resurrected his voice and image by using artificial intelligence.