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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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published an open letter to the robotics community and industry pledging to not weaponize their general purpose robots. An Open Letter to the Robotics Industry and our Communities, General Purpose Robots Should Not Be Weaponized. Yesterday, six companies that build or support sophisticated mobile robots (led by Boston Dynamics).

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Customs authorities in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia and Peru are participating, along with customs brokers Ransa and Güler & Dinamik. —Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president, IBM Global Industries, Solutions and Blockchain. This data is growing at a rate of close to one million events per day.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.