Using Robotics to Better Understand How Humans Work
John Schwarz, Founder and CEO of Visier, explains how his company helps businesses understand their employees. Visier uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover employee trends and issues in the workplace.
The research uncovered gender biases and wage gaps. The data is being used by huge companies, such as LinkedIn and Experian.
Schwarz notes Visier is a healthy, growing company. The former Symantec president and Business Objects CEO says his company looks to go public in the future.
Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile.
U.S. states could face some hurdles as they experiment with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, which are generating less each year, in part due to fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars.
