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Figure deployed 40 of its newest robots at a BMW plant, Apptronik opened a 90,000-sq-ft robot ‘park,’ and Agility moved to go public — embodied AI shifting from demos to the factory floor. The Robot Report →
Oracle disclosed it cut about 21,000 roles (13% of staff) over the past year, tying the reductions to AI adoption — and warned more may follow. One of the year's largest single-company cuts. Forbes →
Amazon showed off its latest autonomous warehouse robot even as tech giants keep citing AI in job cuts — automation of physical work advancing right alongside the white-collar squeeze. CNBC →
Chatbots handle grief, meaning, and belief inconsistently — a reminder that the sacred and the pastoral are exactly where machines fall short, and where the church is irreplaceable. Axios →
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