Excited to receive the first copies of the new edition of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future." Available on June 2. I have extensively updated the book to cover the latest advances in generative #AI and robotics and to examine the future
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China’s Advanced Electric Rails and US Potential for Innovation
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Good morning. @kareem_carr says us AI boosters aren't believable. Well, it's good enough to build this: https://
alignednews.com/ai, thanks @blevlabs
. And it is good enough to drive our car. Thanks @Tesla
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Robotics and AI Convergence: Automation of Complex Human Gestures
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Top stories in robotics today: – Meta snaps up robotics startup ARI
– 1X opens massive NEO humanoid factory
– Figure claims it can build a robot every hour
– Uber to turn its drivers into an AV sensor grid
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Claude Automates Repetitive Photogrammetry Cleanup Work
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6/ The repetitive cleanup work
— AI Highlight (@AIHighlight) 4 mai 2026
Photogrammetry needs hours of manual cleanup before it is usable. Claude handles the repetitive part. Not the precise technical edits, but the time sink that used to eat the day.https://t.co/ejbSQ5eOJ36/ The repetitive cleanup work Photogrammetry needs hours of manual cleanup before it is usable. Claude handles the repetitive part. Not the precise technical edits, but the time sink that used to eat the day.
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Claude Now Controls Blender Adobe Autodesk Ableton and More Directly
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BREAKING: Claude now controls Blender, Adobe, Autodesk Fusion, Ableton, Splice, SketchUp, and Resolume directly. The skill barrier that defined 3D, music production, and motion design for 30 years just collapsed. 10 examples that show what is now possible:
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Edge AI Governance Needs Fleet-Scale Observability for IIoT
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Edge AI governance needs fleet-scale observability across heterogeneous hardware with intermittent connectivity. Partner content with @IOTechSystems. #iotechsys_iiot pic.twitter.com/7yC16mDKUv
— Lucian Fogoros (@fogoros) 4 mai 2026Edge AI governance needs fleet-scale observability across heterogeneous hardware with intermittent connectivity. Partner content with @IOTechSystems
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Students Build AI Financial Firm Using Low-Cost Mac Mini Cluster
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Un groupe d’étudiants chinois a acheté 7 Mac Mini sur eBay pour un total de 1 600 $, les a reliés via Ethernet pour former un seul système, puis a ouvert un cabinet financier basé sur l’IA directement dans leur chambre universitaire.
— Jouhatsu | AI Influence Operator (@Jouhatsu_ai) 4 mai 2026
Leur premier client payait un conseiller… https://t.co/rzr8T2VQ1X pic.twitter.com/TtVbtQVVLwUn groupe d’étudiants chinois a acheté 7 Mac Mini sur eBay pour un total de 1 600 $, les a reliés via Ethernet pour former un seul système, puis a ouvert un cabinet financier basé sur l’IA directement dans leur chambre universitaire. Leur premier client payait un conseiller
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Telepresence Robots Enable Remote Doctors to Make Hospital Rounds
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Telepresence #Robots Transform #Healthcare: Remote Doctors Now Make Hospital Rounds
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @sutoroveli_news#MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech pic.twitter.com/fS31GfoXwTTelepresence #Robots Transform #Healthcare: Remote Doctors Now Make Hospital Rounds
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AI Agents Are Multi-Model Systems Powered by Orchestration
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AI Agents ≠ single LLM They’re systems of models • General LLMs → reasoning
• Domain LLMs → expertise
• RAG → real-time data
• Tools → actions & automation
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Enterprise AI Strategy Must Move Beyond the Model Layer
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Most enterprise AI strategies are already behind. Not because they picked the wrong model, but because they are still thinking at the model layer. The real shift is happening one level up, where AI becomes a system that can reason, use tools, retain context, and execute work