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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 5h

As #AIagents are caught launching unauthorized #cyberattacks, existing #laws are proving inadequate for holding tech labs liable. Lawmakers are rushing to close these gaps through new #reporting, #auditing & #liability bills. www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/28/1...

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Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 11h

#SouthKorea led the world with 1,220 #industrial #robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees in 2024, more than nine times the global average of 132. #China operates the #largest robot fleet, around 2 million units, yet ranks 22nd on a per-worker basis. www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count...

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Ranked: Countries With the Most Industrial Robots per Worker

South Korea leads the 2024 ranking of industrial robots per worker. See how 22 economies compare, including China and the United States.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#AI is removing rungs from the #CorporateLadder by automating entry-level work. To bridge the experience gap, organizations are pairing senior leaders with AI-savvy junior employees: trading decision-making wisdom for AI technical skills.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#MachineLearning is transforming business, and the demand for ML experts is soaring. Ready to level up your #career? A structured #ML #certification gives you hands-on experience & the credentials to stand out to employers. Check out the best ones here: www.simplilearn.com/machine-lear...

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Top Machine Learning Certifications Guide

Learn about the top machine learning certifications you need to scale up your career in 2025 and beyond.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

While hype around #AI curing diseases often overpromises, as seen in Anthropic’s overstated discovery, AI's true #gift to science is practical: rapidly #sorting through massive biological #datasets that would take human researchers far longer to analyze. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

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AI’s Real Gift to Science

Advanced models can help researchers sort through mountains of biological data.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nearly 90% of companies have invested in AI, yet only 6% are seeing material impact, according to #Reis of #McKinsey. That gap suggests an uncomfortable possibility for most businesses: The problem may not be the technology, but what companies are doing with it. www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/mc...

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How Leaders Are Turning AI Into Growth

Nearly 90 percent of companies are investing in AI, but only 6 percent see material impact. The difference is in how they approach it.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Extending terms like "lifelong learning" to #MachineLearning risks obscuring vital differences between human growth and data processing. While algorithms optimize tasks, true human #learning remains rooted in #experience, critical #reflection, & #meaning-making. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Reclaiming Lifelong Learning: Reflections on Language Appropriation by Machine Learning - Lilian H. Hill, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Davin Carr-Chellman, Catherine A. Cherrstrom, 2026

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#PresidentTrump appointed Director of National Intelligence #Clayton as the White House #AI #czar to lead a new "Super Intelligence Force," aimed at maintaining U.S. AI leadership and coordinating policy across federal, public & tech sectors. www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...

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Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar

Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

While #edtech faces growing scrutiny, experts argue #AI shouldn't be used just because it's trendy—it should start with the learning goal. When implemented thoughtfully, AI can save teachers planning time and remove accessibility barriers for #K12 #students. www.govtech.com/education/k-...

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How AI Can Remove Barriers and Help Meet Instructional Goals

Amid growing scrutiny of ed tech, a webinar this week asked education leaders to consider how AI and other digital tools can remove barriers to course content and help teachers accomplish instructiona...

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Anthropic, #OpenAI and security researchers are contending with a surge of AI #security #incidents, tallying tens of thousands of episodes in which frontier models bypassed guardrails or attempted unauthorized actions. AI systems act in ways that may not align with #human #values.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Jobpostings referencing “agent orchestration” exploded by 1,721% this year, making it one of the most sought-after technical skills in finance, according to an analysis by enterprise hiring data firm #Draup provided exclusively to CNBC. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/02/a...

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How AI is redefining Wall Street jobs — and boosting demand for this new 'hottest skill' by 1,721%

Banks are fueling a hiring surge for AI engineers who are good at "agent orchestration" — the ability to coordinate teams of specialized agents.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Nvidia agent #safety push raises questions about who governs AI autonomy: Nvidia's agent #safetyplatform adds technical controls for autonomous #AIagents. But, enterprises still must define agent authority & when human approval is required.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Funding Raises: #Instinct $1B Series C; #Island $400M Series F; #EliseAI $350M Series F; #Armadin $255.5M Series B; #PrecisionNeuroscience $250M Series D; #OpenEvidence $250M Series D; #Rightway $155M Series E Mergers: #GlassLewis & #ClarityAI; #RedLattice & #BoldEagleAcquisition

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A #Hexagon study found four in five #children say they are excited about #robots, compared with 59% of adults. The gap extends into expectations for work: 59% of children are excited about working alongside a robot colleague, against 40% of adults. source.colostate.edu/machine-lear...

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How machine learning can help professors identify struggling students

A new platform funded by a Department of Education grant is helping Colorado State University instructors use machine learning to identify struggling students.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Robots, which we define as autonomous physical machines that sense & act, can perform 3/4 of physical tasks in the US, making up 34% of working hours, but mostly in limited settings. Workers exposed to robots are more likely to be male, less educated & lower paid. www.anthropic.com/research/wha...

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Can we predict the jobs robots will do?

What work can robots do? Anthropic's robot exposure index finds robots can do 3/4 of US physical job tasks, but are cost-competitive for only 0.3%.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Claude handles 26% of AI #R&D at #Anthropic. To quantify #AI involvement in its research and development, Anthropic introduced the R&D Automation Index, a measurement system that catalogs and rates tasks by automation level on a scale from AL0 to AL5. betanews.com/article/clau...

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Anthropic says Claude now leads 26% of its AI research and development

Anthropic says Claude now leads 26% of its AI R&D work, up from under 1% in February, as the company measures AI's role in developing future Claude models.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#AI-powered #automation is increasingly seen as a threat to entry-level & repetitive white-collar #jobs, which have traditionally served as important stepping stones for young professionals starting their careers. www.dcvelocity.com/technology/a...

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Your artificial intelligence is creating real-world problems

If you want to hire workers from Generation Z to replace the retiring Boomers, you'd better curb the impulse to sprinkle AI fairy dust over every corporate function.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Verne & #Pony.ai are now offering fully #driverless #robotaxi test rides in #Zagreb (Croatia). It is the first time that passengers will be carried unaccompanied by a human safety monitor behind the steering wheel in Europe. aibusiness.com/generative-a...

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Fully Driverless Robotaxis Now Operating in Europe

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Researchers developed a new hybrid #ML model that accurately tracks how #water moves from land to the atmosphere. By combining #AI & #physics, the tool separates soil evaporation from plant transpiration to help communities better predict droughts & heat waves. www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?ne...

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Innovative Machine Learning Models Advance Soil and Plant Water Tracking

Water typically moves from the land to the atmosphere through soil evaporation and plant transpiration. This process is called evapotranspiration.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Researchers propose #SustainabilityRobotics; the discipline establishes that #robots should be built sustainably, using eco-friendly materials and low energy, while actively serving society & nature through bioinspired, minimally invasive, & symbiotic designs. spectrum.ieee.org/sustainabili...

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Meet the Roboticist Making Machines that Give Back to Nature

Sustainability robotics sees the environment as more than inspiration

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#MachineLearning can assist in finding & developing new #geothermal resources. If applied successfully, it can lead to higher success rates in exploratory #drilling, greater efficiency in plant operations & ultimately lower costs for geothermal #energy. www.energy.gov/hgeo/geother...

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Machine Learning

With the Machine Learning initiative, the Office of Geothermal funded early-stage R&D projects to explore opportunities for technology advancement and cost reduction throughout the geothermal project ...

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#ToyotaGroup will invest ¥1 trillion ($6.4 billion) a year from 2028 to update factories for the digital age & deploy 400,000 #robots worldwide, including AI-powered #humanoid workers that will learn the skills of veteran workers. www.autonews.com/toyota/an-to...

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A new study from #UofUHealth shows that #NeuralNetworks learn & fail, just like living brains. Training on simple tasks first helps both machines & mice excel at complex ones, while rushing ahead leads to the exact same predictable errors. www.news-medical.net/news/2026090...

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Neural networks reveal how training shapes learning in living brains

A new study has used a type of machine learning called a neural network to reveal how different kinds of training can change how learning happens-both in machines, and in living brains.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Funding Raises: #Crusoe $3.9B Series F; #AngleHealth $600M; #Tekever $580M Series D; #Cyera $400M Series G; #SnorkelAI $350M Series E; #Enveda $311M Series E; #HubbleNetwork $200M Series C; #Profound $180M Series D;

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Landfill #automation: Waste Management (#WM) is testing remote-controlled and autonomous #Caterpillar dozers and compactors at the Marana Regional Landfill in Arizona to spread and flatten trash safely out of the elements.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#HSBC says it’s designed a #ML model to predict the probability of U.S. Treasury 10-year yields rising or falling over the next 21 trading days. It achieved accuracy of 65% on data it had not seen before training & 76% on data it had seen. www.marketwatch.com/story/what-t...

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What this machine learning model boasting 65% accuracy says is coming next for the 10-year Treasury

HSBC says it’s designed a machine-learning model to predict the direction of the most important financial instrument in global markets.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Kent #students are hoping to inspire the next generation of girls to get into the field of #robotics. They believe women in #STEM are underrepresented & bringing more awareness to this topic will make younger girls find what they truly love. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Folkestone school's robotics team aims to inspire next generation

The group from Folkestone is set to compete at the First Global Challenge in South Korea.

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emergingtechnews.bsky.social @emergingtechnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#NVIDIA released #IsaacROS5.0, bringing AI agents to open-source #robotics. Key updates: • Agentic workflows for fast setup & coding • Up to 5.5x faster tracking via FoundationPose • Edge AI scaling across Jetson Orin & Thor blogs.nvidia.com/blog/isaac-r...

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NVIDIA Isaac ROS 5.0 Advances Agentic, Open Source Robotics Development

The latest release brings AI agent capabilities to the ROS developer ecosystem while expanding open source physical AI libraries and deployment across the NVIDIA Jetson platform.

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