Emerging Technologies Roundtable Resources

Gartner foresees sizeable uptake for next-gen humanoid robots  "[Gartner]...estimates that by 2027, 10% of all intralogistics smart robots sold will be next-generation humanoid robots. Gartner places various types of intelligent robotic platforms—both mobile and fixed position systems—under the intralogistics smart robot umbrella."

"...the prediction is meant as a thought-provoking planning assumption of what may soon be possible. The next generation of humanoid bots are from startups who are only now starting to have some companies test their bots in pilot programs."

"For Gartner’s 10% prediction to take hold, says Klappich, these robots will have to get faster in their movements, and their fine dexterity in terms of grasping and manipulating objects will need to further improve to open up more use cases."

Domestic Data Streamers: Synthetic Memories  "Synthetic Memories is an expanding global research project with a view to harnessing AI to recreate memories of which there are no records, and preserve the unique identity of those they belong to. Ultimately, the goal is to improve quality of life for as many people as possible, and better understand our interconnected story through personal memories."

Hello, Electric Atlas "Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that... [is] powered by batteries and electric actuators, no more messy hydraulics. It exceeds human performance in terms of both strength and flexibility. And for the first time, Boston Dynamics is calling this humanoid robot a product. "

Major U.S. newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement "The big picture: The outcome of these lawsuits could fundamentally shift the way news companies are compensated for their work in the AI era. News publishers have relied on ad revenue from search results for two decades. Generative AI tools could wipe out much of that traffic. Text-based news companies are especially vulnerable to AI firms scraping their content and using it for free to train their models because most of their archives are available online and paywalls have proven insufficient in blocking data crawlers."  You've likely read about the insatiable demand for AI model training data. We should expect to see many other content rich outlets continuing to push back against unsanctioned (and unpaid) data scraping.