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San Francisco-based startup Mechanize wants to take AI office automation further than anyone else. The company's goal: fully replace human computer work with AI, as quickly as possible. To get there, ...

(l-r) Besiroglu, Barnett, and Ege Erdil, co-founders of the AI startup Mechanize, believe they can eventually automate most white-collar jobs. — MANUEL ORBEGOZO/The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO: Years ...

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.” the shift Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building ...

In a bold move that's stirring both excitement and concern, AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu has launched Mechanize, a startup with the ambitious goal of fully automating all human labor. Announced via a ...

Tamay Besiroglu co-founded Epoch AI, an artificial intelligence governance institution in 2022, but now plans to jump ship and lead Mechanize, a startup that wants to substitute human employees for AI ...

The brand-new company’s goal, Besiroglu announced in an X post, is to “build virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data to enable the full automation of all work.” That next-to-last word ...

The company aims to replicate the entire spectrum of human work through its advanced AI systems, designed to emulate the cognitive skills needed for tasks in offices, administrative roles, and ...