JoAnn M. Laing, Chair of The National Robotics Education Foundation, has 21 years experience with advanced technologies (robotics, AI, ML, NLP, etc.).
Joined June 2011
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#Databricks is launching #GenieOne, or an “agentic co-worker” that helps business teams—from finance to marketing and sales—get answers & make decisions based on their corporate data. databricks.com/company/newsr…
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#Humanity has officially passed a grim #milestone: the first confirmed #death at the hands of a fully-autonomous #robot #weapon. yahoo.com/news/world/article…
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Jun 15
#Anthropic received a U.S. government directive ordering the company to #suspend #access to #Fable5 & #Mythos5 for any foreign national, inside or outside the #US. Anthropic says it had to #disable both models for all customers to ensure #compliance. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 15
Engineers and computer scientists are developing AI-powered #robots that look and act human. #BostonDynamics invited #60Minutes to watch its #humanoid, #Atlas, learn how to work at a Hyundai factory. cbsnews.com/video/ai-powered…
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Jun 14
When you #buy #AI #intelligence in 2026, you buy #tokens, which are easy to meter and easy to #price, but hard to value. This may become the most important AI #procurement question enterprises face over the next 18 months. shellypalmer.com/2026/06/pri…
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Jun 13
#SpaceX’s IPO kicks off a wave of mega-cap tech listings. With #OpenAI & #Anthropic expected to follow, the surging capital demands of AI and infrastructure will test #pension #investors’ appetite for these massive bets, per PFA's chief strategist. marketsgroup.org/news/spacex…
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Jun 12
More Agreed Acquisitions: #Rubrik > #Strata.io; #Terveystalo > #Silmaasema
IPOs: #SpaceX (SPCX) $75B; #Apotex (APTX.CA) C$1.3B; #ERock (EROC) $600M; #Liftoff (LFTO) $437M;
#SunshineSilver (SSMR) $270M; #InstallatorGruppen (IG) DKK 1.05B; #Einride (ENRD) SPAC
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Jun 12
More Agreed Acquisitions: #Hyundai > #NEMEnergy; #IncytePharma > #VegaTherapeutics; #Ingredion > #TateLyle; #JandJ > #FireflyBio; #MerckAnimalHealth > #Targan; #Novanta > #RiverpointMedical; #Octus > #LevPro; #OpenAI > #Ona; #Peloton > #Skop; #PharmaEssentia > #ForusTherapeutics
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Jun 12
More Agreed Acquisitions: ; #AmbioPharm > #CordenPharma; #BizLink > #Interplex; #BouyguesTelecom, #Orange, #Iliad > #SFR; #Citira > #MalteManson; #Consensus > #Saleo; #FigureTechnologySolutions > #Kiavi; #GNIGroup > #AyumiPharmaceutical; #GSK > #Nuvalent; #Hubbell > #NSI
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Jun 12
Acquisitions: #AMNHealthcare > #JaideHealth; #CadoganTate > #FullyLoadedDeliveries; #Cloudflare > #VoidZero; #Dyzle > #Sensire; #Nvidia > #Kumo; #Photocure > #VesicaHealth; #TytoAthene > #ReadySupportServices
Agreed Acquisitions: #100 > #Cobblestone; #Airwallex > #Leapfin
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Jun 12
More Funding Raises: #TensorWave $350M Series B; #DigitalAssets $355M Series F; #IsarAerospace €270M Series D; #PhysicsX $300M Series C; #Beacon $225M Series C; #Nesto C$302M Series E;
#AllenControlSystems $200M Series B; #StandardBots $200M Series C
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Jun 12
Funding Raises: #Prometheus $12B Series B; #NeuraRobotics $1.4B Series C; #Ramp $750M Series F; #Go $553M pre-IPO; #Iceye €450M Series F; #Flourish $500M; #Supabase $500M Series F; #Helion $465M Series G; #Generalist $400M Series B; #NinjaOne $400M Series C
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#RepublicServices, which has operations in Colorado Springs and throughout the Front Range, recently installed AI #robots at its north Denver facility, which handles about 10,000 tons of #waste a month. axios.com/local/denver/2026/…
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Jun 11
#Anthropic debuts Claude #Fable5, a "Mythos-class" #AI model for the public with built-in safety guardrails. It’s 2X expensive as Opus 4.8 ($10/$50 per 1M tokens) but designed for superior, complex, long-horizon tasks. Key constraints: Cyber/Bio research capabilities are locked.
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Jun 11
84 case parts, a jumping hour/trailing minute display, and a complex transforming face-shield mechanism—and that's just the #watch. The #MBandF HM12 docks into a mechanical #robot body complete with a thermometer & UV torch. hodinkee.com/articles/the-mb…
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Jun 10
#Chi opine: Building #robots that #heal #ecosystems is harder than creating destructive technology, yet billions fund killer drones while restoration efforts remain underfunded. This hidden, accelerating imbalance threatens to make our world more dangerous.inc.com/tom-chi/i-build-robo…
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#Flores spends 8 hours a day #training #humanoids to pour coffee, teleoperating robots to master daily tasks through hundreds of repetitive, high-precision actions. This intensive process is key to advancing robot dexterity & functional AI training latimes.com/business/story/2…
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#AI #accelerates data analysis in #ScientificResearch, enabling researchers to process massive datasets rapidly & #efficiently. It shifts scientists' focus from time-consuming manual data handling to interpreting results & making critical decisions. techtimes.com/articles/31737…
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