{"id":16585,"date":"2024-11-15T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/a-fork-in-the-road-laundry-sorting-robot-spurs-ai-hopes-and-fears-at-europes-biggest-tech-event\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:38:17","slug":"a-fork-in-the-road-laundry-sorting-robot-spurs-ai-hopes-and-fears-at-europes-biggest-tech-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/a-fork-in-the-road-laundry-sorting-robot-spurs-ai-hopes-and-fears-at-europes-biggest-tech-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A fork in the road\u2019: laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe\u2019s biggest tech event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence \u2013 and a robot sorting laundry.<\/p>\n

Digit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far AI has come in a few years by responding to voice commands \u2013 filtered through Google\u2019s Gemini AI model \u2013 to sift through a pile of coloured T-shirts and place them in a basket.<\/p>\n

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\nHumanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate
\nThis year\u2019s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence \u2013 and a robot sorting laundry.
\nDigit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far AI has come in a few years by responding to voice commands \u2013 filtered through Google\u2019s Gemini AI model \u2013 to sift through a pile of coloured T-shirts and place them in a basket. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate This year\u2019s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence \u2013 and a robot sorting laundry. Digit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far AI has come in a few years by …<\/p>\n

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