Automation is coming to every industry, and nowhere is this more true than in the supply chain. Indeed, coming advances in automation technology could potentially reshape the entire supply chain--and supply chain management software--as we know it. Forward-thinking supply chain players are already preparing themselves for the new landscape. CIOs should be leading this charge to drive the best possible outcomes for their organizations, but it's important to understand the nature of robotics, AI, and automation in the supply chain first. Supply chain automation is a broad term that refers to technology that reduces or eliminates human involvement in supply chain activities.

NEW DELHI: The Army is now undertaking a major study headed by a senior Lt-General on advanced "niche and disruptive warfare technologies", which range from drone swarms, robotics, lasers and loiter munitions to artificial intelligence, big data analysis and algorithmic warfare. Sources on Friday said the aim of the "holistic study", which comes amidst the ongoing military confrontation in eastern Ladakh with China, is to bolster the conventional war-fighting capabilities of the 13-lakh strong Army as well as prepare for "non-kinetic and non-combat" warfare in the years ahead. China, of course, has been assiduously working to develop futuristic warfare technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI)-powered lethal autonomous weapon systems, towards its overall endeavor to usher in a major "revolution in military affairs (RMA) with Chinese characteristics". Indian Army's new land warfare doctrine in 2018 had stressed the need to sharpen the entire war-fighting strategy, ranging from creation of agile integrated battle groups (IBGs) and expansive cyber-warfare capabilities to induction plans for launch-on-demand micro satellites, directed-energy weapons like lasers, AI, robotics and the like. The new IBGs, after a similar study, have already started to take initial shape as self-contained fighting formations that can mobilize fast and hit hard.

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Ripcord hosted a robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) webinar on Jan 17, led by co-founder Kevin Hall, to discuss the role robotics play in digitization. Kasey Jones, BetterGrowth CEO, served as moderator. Topics discussed: -- A brief history of digitization and its evolution -- Solutions for digitizing unstructured content -- The way robotics provide flexibility in Ripcord's automation process Schedule a Ripcord demo today!

We are not quite ready to announce the agenda for TechCunch's April 18 robotics and AI show at UC Berkeley, but anyone who has been watching the speaker announcements is bound to be just a bit excited. Here's a quick sneak peek at the soon-to-be-announced agenda. For founders eager to know what's on investors' minds, there is an all-star robotics and AI investor panel that includes Peter Barrett from Playground Global, Helen Liang from FoundersX Ventures, Andy Wheeler from GV and Hidetaka Aoki from Global Brain. Not only will a TechCrunch editor grill these investors onstage, but there will be a separate and longer Q&A session where attendees can ask questions to figure out where VCs are focusing their funds. For anyone trying to fathom the nearly unfathomable world of AI, there is a remarkable session featuring, respectively, Dartmouth and UC Berkeley professors Hany Farid and Alexei Efros, who are two of the world's leading authorities on the use of AI and computer vision to create live video of things that, well, never happened.

Losing jobs to technology is really nothing new if you think about it – even when humans haven't been totally overrun they have learned to adapt to technology and machinery to become more efficient and accurate in what they do. With continued advances in artificial intelligence, technology and robotics, businesses will need to stop and rethink their approach to getting the job done in the most competitive manner. Businesses are having to transform their training models and methods, reevaluate their hiring practices, reconsider their organisational structure and transform their job descriptions. As a leader, if you're not already thinking about how artificial intelligence tools will affect your practices in the near future then you're already lagging behind. Artificial Intelligence isn't eliminating jobs, it's basically eliminating the tasks of jobs and helping to create more jobs that are human based.