To expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and help customers optimize their mining operations, Komatsu announced its intent to acquire Octodots Analytics, a Chile-based digital solutions provider. The announcement comes as the company debuts its new Modular ecosystem, a bold vision for the future of mine site optimization and data sharing, at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas. Building upon Komatsu’s…
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Acting Labor Secretary to Highlight Aggregates, Construction Trade Workers in Wisconsin
As part of the Department of Labor’s Good Jobs Summer tour, Acting Secretary Julie Su will travel to Franklin and Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 14, to meet with union mine workers, leaders in the building trades, mine operators, contractors and workforce training experts and discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s continued efforts to bringing good jobs to the state. In Franklin, Acting Secretary…
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Want To Make Your Efforts To Be A Good Neighbor A Bit Easier? Ask AI For A Little Help. Here’s How To Get Started. By Therese Dunphy As a kid who grew up watching “The Jetsons,” the evolution of technology over the last decade has been thrilling to watch. Video calls, robotic vacuums and digital assistants such as Alexa and…
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How To Successfully Integrate Digital Technologies Into Aggregates Operations, Highlighting The Benefits This Brings To The Industry. By Ksenia Yemelyanova and Laura Georgi This is the first of a two-part article. – Ed. The construction materials industry, particularly the aggregates sector, is evolving rapidly through digitalization. This transformation enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs and maintains competitiveness. This article will guide…
Read MoreHolcim to Deploy Artificial Intelligence at Plants
Holcim is scaling up the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing across more than 100 plants worldwide over the next four years, improving efficiency and reinforcing capacity for customers.
Read MoreProductivity Gains Will Drive Stock Markets Higher
I have developed a fascination with one of the biggest life-changing events that has enveloped our economy, and our lives, and offers infinite promise: A.I. As I have written in the past, I have witnessed three life-changing events in my 50-plus-year career: the invention of the personal computer, the advent of cellular telephony and the Internet. Each of these drove…
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The Emergence Of Artificial Intelligence Is Just The Latest Development In The Menacing Partnership Between Technology And Human Affairs. By Thomas J. Roach Over the last 100 years, while technology dramatically changed how we live and work, it quietly changed who we are. We think of technology in terms of physical objects like computers, electric automobiles or smartphones, but the…
Read MoreHyundai Shares Xite Innovation Vision at CES 2024
HD Hyundai’s Xite innovation, created with cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), digital technologies and robotics, will go beyond improving construction sites and equipment to fundamentally transform the way humanity builds the future, the company stated. HD Hyundai Vice Chairman and CEO Kisun Chung presented “Xite Transformation,” the vision that transcends the limitations of time and space and will…
Read MoreThe Limits of AI Technology
The Most Important Aspects Of Human Interaction Cannot Be Automated. By Thomas J. Roach Artificial Intelligence depersonalizes communication, and therein lies its greatest limitation. Automation is a mechanical or electronic technology that removes the human footprint from a process that produces goods or services. Ancient Greeks employed water wheels to grind grain. During the Industrial Revolution, steam and internal combustion…
Read MoreTrimble Introduces AI-Powered Automatic Invoicing Capability
Trimble announced that its Viewpoint Spectrum and Viewpoint Vista construction enterprise resource planning (ERP) software now includes Automatic Invoicing capability. The integration of Azure AI Document Intelligence enhances Automatic Invoicing, helping automatically turn paper and PDF invoices into validated, unapproved invoice entries within Spectrum and Vista for faster, more accurate workflows that save contractors valuable time, effort and money. “In…
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