Gartner Predicts Half of Companies That Cut Customer Service Staff Due to AI Will Rehire by 2027
Service and Support Leaders Should Prioritize Long-Term Growth Over Short-Term Cost Reduction By 2027, 50% of companies that attributed headcount reduction to AI will rehire staff to perform similar functions, but under different job titles, according to Gartner, Inc, a business and technology insights company. “While AI-driven layoffs have captured attention, the reality is more complex,” said Kathy […]
“AI In Robotics”: New Position Paper Released by IFR
Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY – A new generation of AI-powered robots moving from research labs into the real world is fueled by AI tech companies and analysts forecasting a multitrillion-dollar market. The vision is to give artificial intelligence its own robot body. What are the trends, challenges, and commercial applications? The International Federation of Robotics has […]
Cadence Releases ChipStack AI Super Agent
World’s first AI-powered super agent autonomously creates and verifies designs from specifications and high-level descriptions SAN JOSE, Calif.—Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced a transformative step forward in redefining how semiconductors are designed with the launch of the ChipStack™ AI Super Agent—an agentic AI solution for front-end silicon design and verification. The Cadence® ChipStack AI Super […]
SMTA Capital Chapter to Host Technical Feb. 26 Webinar on Component Failures Caused by X-Ray Inspection Over Exposure
Capital Region – The SMTA Capital Chapter is pleased to announce an upcoming technical webinar focused on an increasingly critical reliability risk in modern electronics manufacturing: component failure resulting from overexposure to ionizing radiation during manual X-ray solder joint inspection. The webinar, titled “Component Failure Resulting from Over Exposure to Ionizing Radiation During Manual X-Ray […]
Trener Robotics Delivers Pre-Trained Skills to Industrial Robots
Powered by a new $32M investment round, Trener Robotics’ Acteris platform replaces rigid procedural coding with pre-trained Physical AI skills, letting operators describe robotic tasks in their own words, turning conversational input into executable automation. Acteris is a software-defined intelligence layer in the factory stack, empowering robots to self-learn and adapt to high-mix production while […]