Hiring troubles prompt some employers to eye automation and machines

Cambridge-based Moderna plans to increase its spending on digital automation and artificial-intelligence investment to $170 million this year, up from $27 million two years ago.Nancy Lane/Associated Press The United States today is producing roughly the same amount of goods and services as before the coronavirus pandemic — but with 8.2 million fewer workers, equal to the combined payrolls of every employer in Virginia, Arizona, and Iowa.

Greater productivity is the rare silver lining to emerge from the crucible of COVID-19. The health crisis forced executives to innovate, often by accelerating the introduction of industrial robots, advanced software, and artificial intelligence […]

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