Michael Fassnacht is former CEO of World Business Chicago and is now chief growth officer at Clayco in Chicago. You'll find his previous "Beyond the Status Quo" columns here.

Nick Bostrom literally wrote the book on superintelligence. When machines can do nearly everything better than we can, he says, we must ask what is our purpose.

There has also been a rise in rolling layoffs where companies make multiple, small cuts as opposed to a single deep one. The ...

YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) ("YY Group" or the "Company"), a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facilities management (IFM), building on the memorandum of ...

Instead of reformatting society around products trained on human work without consent, we should tell vendors that enough is enough.

Swiss start-up Mimic has developed a dexterous robotic hand that could provide manufacturers with a cheaper and more reliable solution than humanoid robots ...

She is passionate about finding new angles on the latest movies and TV shows. With over five years of industry experience, her goal is to highlight lesser-known and interesting elements of pop culture ...

Have you ever wanted to wipe down a table hundreds of times while Elon Musk watches? Training Tesla's humanoid robot might be ...

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

When — not if — humans start competing against robots in combat sports, Wyoming is ready. The Wyoming Combat Sports Commission has already outlined ...

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In June of 2025, producer and songwriter Timbaland, announced his next venture: signing an AI artist named TaTa.