‘A FORK IN THE ROAD': LAUNDRY-SORTING ROBOT SPURS AI HOPES AND FEARS AT EUROPE'S BIGGEST TECH EVENT

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US firm Agility Robotics recently demonstrated its Digit humanoid robot at this year's Web Summit. The robot's ability to sift through a pile of colored T-shirts and place them in a basket raised discussions about safety, jobs, AI's effect on the climate, and its influence across a huge range of industries. This post summarizes some of the discussion points from the Web Summit. The development of generative AI has opened up the doors for new types of companies to solve problems that otherwise would not have been possible.