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Robot Fleet Was on Track for Four Million Units by 2022 as Electronics Leads Growth
Nearly four million industrial robots were projected to be in use by 2022, triple the 2013 level, with China a third of ...
Mars and CVS Health to Showcase AI-Driven Supply Chain Results at NextGen Conference
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain End User Awards recognize Mars and CVS Health for turning AI, automation and operational e...
Why Warehouse Automation Still Fails Without Better Floor Communication
Even the most automated distribution centers lose throughput when workers can’t quickly coordinate exception responses. ...
AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline
New research shows AI-driven automation is cutting demand for junior roles while raising skill requirements for those th...
Mars and CVS Health to Receive NextGen Supply Chain Awards for AI and Automation Leadership
The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference will honor Mars and CVS Health for transforming operations through artificial i...
This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays
A Singapore-based venture capitalist says a $120-a-month AI stack — chatbots, coding tools and custom agents — replaces ...
Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion
Industrial robot deployments have surged to 4 million units worldwide, with China dominating new installations. Meanwhil...
Why Automation Alone Won’t Fix Your Warehouse Throughput Problem
Even the most automated distribution centers lose productivity when workers can’t coordinate quickly. Industry observers...
Over-Automation in AI Increases Fatigue, Not Just Efficiency, Lingnan Study Finds
Giving AI too much autonomy in high-stress human-machine teams backfires, raising mental fatigue and conflict, especiall...
Master Trusts Unite to Fix 'Slow, Costly' UK Pension Transfers
Eight master trusts managing £162.7bn are backing open standards and automation to replace error-prone manual transfers,...
Changcheng Precision Returns to IPO With Shrinking Margins and an Ambitious Expansion Bet
Three-time domestic champion in niche bearings pivots to ChiNext, but slipping margins, overseas losses, and a capacity ...
Humanoid Robots Could Be a $5 Trillion Market: How Investors Are Playing the Boom
Morgan Stanley sees a $5 trillion market by 2050. Investment chiefs detail the stocks, ETFs and supply-chain plays that ...
Fast-Food Chains Push AI Ordering, But Consumers Overwhelmingly Prefer Humans
New research shows 80% of diners want a human to take their order, even as McDonald’s and Wendy’s accelerate AI drive-th...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: AI Will Eliminate Tasks, Not Jobs — But the Data Isn't So Clear-Cut
At Y Combinator's Startup School, Huang argued that AI automates routine tasks while preserving the broader purpose of j...
German Cabinet Clears AI to Process Asylum and Visa Applications
The government adopted a bill allowing migration authorities to train artificial intelligence on case data and verify ap...
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Rejects 'AI Bloodbath' Fears, Sees Job Growth From Automation
At Y Combinator, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI automates tasks, not entire jobs, and will spark more hiring thr...
FESPA Census Exposes Adoption Gap as Small Print Shops Lag on Automation and AI
The 2025 Print Census of 774 firms in 89 countries reveals that while specialty printers recognise the need for digital ...
Walgreens Bets on Robots to Save $1B a Year as It Prepares to Go Private
Walgreens is rolling out automated prescription centers across 5,000 pharmacies in a drive to cut $1 billion in annual c...
DOE, Labor Dept. Forge Pact to Bring AI and Automation to U.S. Mines
A five-year MOU aims to deploy cutting-edge tech in mining to improve safety, secure critical mineral supplies, and revi...
Amazon Managers Override AI Staffing as Company Labels Discretion an Obstacle
Leaked internal messages show Amazon warehouse managers overriding a pilot AI staffing tool to keep more workers, while ...
Cory Doctorow: Why AI-Coding Turns Workers Into 'Reverse Centaurs' Marking Its Homework
Guest columnist Cory Doctorow explains how capital-driven AI deployment forces workers to frantically check flawed AI ou...
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Billion Humanoid Robots by 2040 — and a $34 Trillion AI Economy
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son laid out an audacious forecast at the company’s annual investor day: 1 billion AI-powered...