Manufacturing Tecnology — artificial intelligence

Major progress in UNESCO’s development of a global normative instrument on the ethics of AI   Paris, September — When UNESCO’s Member States decided to launch the process of developing a global recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in November 2019, the United nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulated the Organization for taking up this challenge, declaring that “artificial intelligence is a critical frontier issue for the whole UN system and the whole world.” UNESCO in March this year asked 24 leading experts with multidisciplinary experience in the ethics of artificial intelligence to develop a draft recommendation on the...

How artificial intelligence is disrupting manufacturing For traditional manufacturers, integrating AI across day-to-day processes and equipment is no small task. Firms can keep up or risk becoming obsolete.   Credit: Creative Commons The following is an opinion piece from Filemon Schöffer, co-founder and CCO of 3D Hubs, a 3D printing and manufacturing company. Opinions are the author's own.​ Rather than constantly innovating over the last half century, parts manufacturing fell into complacency, sidestepping rather than moving forwards. As a result, the sector is struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation. With the growth of Industry 4.0 technologies, sluggish and inefficient...