Canada (and Europe and the US) need to invest massively in manufacturing imo. The long-term potential of using AI seems huge.
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Linear routing limits market responsiveness in manufacturing
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Linear routing locked plants into single-product efficiency at the cost of market responsiveness. More about this in episode #4:
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Google Prioritizes AI Agents for Enterprise Revenue Growth Strategy
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Google puts #AIAgents at heart of its enterprise money-making push
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Highest Paid Workers More Likely to Use AI
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Highest paid workers are more likely to use AI for work, according to Financial Times breakdown: https://
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Humanoid Robot Automates Packaging in Logistics Centers
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Humanoid #Robot Powers Through Repetitive Packaging Tasks in #Logistics Centers
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 27 avril 2026
via @ZappyZappy7#Robotics #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation pic.twitter.com/rE5rBMuDimHumanoid #Robot Powers Through Repetitive Packaging Tasks in #Logistics Centers
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Emerging AI Labs Poised for Breakthrough Innovations
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Sooner or later, one or another of these neolabs will make a breakthrough.
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China Blocks Meta Acquisition of Manus AI Agent
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China is blocking the Manus acquisition by Meta. A few things stand out: – China has historically been more opaque and less public in restricting foreign acquisitions of Chinese tech assets, while the US (CFIUS) has been more explicit and aggressive (e.g. Lattice)
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OpenAI Develops AI Phone Device with Jony Ive
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OpenAI is working on a phone. They are expected to compete with apples iPhone. First product however is expected to be a HomePod style device co-worked with ex apple legend Jony Ive
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Distribution bottleneck in consumer social apps strategy
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My biggest takeaways from @evanspiegel
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OpenAI and Microsoft Amend Partnership for Cloud Hosting Flexibility
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OpenAI Microsoft OpenAI and Microsoft have published an amendment to their partnership allowing OpenAI to host their models via other cloud providers. Microsoft also won’t be paying revenue share to OpenAI after 2030. More freedom to OpenAI!