Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Companies receive funding to develop blockchain for steel supply chain
Peer Ledger Inc. and Mavennet Systems Inc. will each receive an investment of up to $150,000 from the federal government
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AI cluster launches 10 new projects
Several of the new Scale AI projects tackle supply chain issues
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Schools prepping students for AI and automation jobs
Post-secondary institutions are working to prepare students for jobs that may not even exist yet
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Mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
Officials believe no imminent threat to Canadian workers
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Joint venture opens robot “employment agency”
MusashiAI, a joint venture between SixAI Ltd. of Israel and Musashi Seimitsu of Japan, has launched fully autonomous robots
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Workers adapting as robots move into the warehouse
Robots also creating new forms of stress and strain for human co-workers
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E-comm ‘yes’, autonomous trucks a ‘no’ for 2020
ABI Research analysts identified 35 trends that will shape the technology market and 19 others that are just hype
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How AI is changing logistics
Current use cases aren’t about eliminating jobs, as some believe, but about helping supply chain professionals cope with the challenges of a high-mix, low-volume environment.
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Autonomous truck makes first cross-country freight run
Plus.ai’s L4 autonomous truck completed the hub-to-hub trip from Tulare, California to Quakertown, Pennsylvania in less than three days
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Brainbox AI joins MaRS to help market smart HVAC
AI-powered system can reduce energy use by 25 to 35 percent
