Page 14 January 5, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Robots from page 3 profession because of software that is able to report and write stories about financial markets and college football games. Software developed at Northwestern University reportedly can write a baseball or softball story within minutes using the box scores, reducing the need to have a reporter at the game. The scorekeeper transmits the game statistics via email, and the Big Ten Network is happy with the system because sending a sportswriter to every home and away game is costly. Business-reporting software also writes up company reports ahead of earnings announcements. Its creator, Narrative Science, claims that Forbes can expand its financial reporting to thousands of companies--far too many for Forbes’ current staff to analyze and report. Doctors: IBM’s supercomputer Watson is offering dozens of U.S. hospitals advice on the best cancer treatments. 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The California Department of Motor Vehicles was resistant to Google’s optimistic outlook about fully autonomous vehicles sharing the road with human drivers soon, though the DMV recently softened its position. Yet, the department just announced it issued 20 permits to manufacturers to test self-driving cars in California. One of the names to watch is Waymo, launched by Google. While the incoming president claims the nation isn’t producing anything anymore and that jobs are fleeing U.S. shores for Latin America and Asia, that assessment isn’t a true picture for manufacturing or the labor market. “When I hear that [foreigners] are taking all our jobs — the answer is, they’re not,” said Harold Sirkin with Boston Consulting, an adviser to companies looking for a competitive advantage in their industries. America was losing an average of 220,000 net jobs a year to other countries a decade ago, according to the Reshoring Initiative. 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