Genon’s artificial intelligence vision inspection system / Courtesy of Genon Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company Genon is expanding its manufacturing automation business in Indonesia after passing production validation for Nike footwear inspections and securing follow-on projects covering additional quality checks and robotic automation. The company said Wednesday that its AI vision inspection system detected defects…

Ian Goldin OXFORD — The divide between artificial intelligence (AI) fantasists and doomsters is growing. The fantasists believe AI will turbocharge growth and create a utopian world of abundance. The doomsters believe it poses an existential threat to humanity and that, before killing us, it will lead to mass unemployment and a world of pervasive…

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Reuters-Yonhap Elon Musk last week ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service that Ukraine relies on, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing…