1. (PDF) McKinsey 보고서 - 에이전트와 로봇, 그리고 인간: AI가 유럽의 노동 환경과 직무 역량을 재편하는 방식고령화와 노동력 부족을 해결하기 위한 하이브리드 고용 모델의 대두: 인력 대체라는 단순한 공포에서 벗어나 인간 노동자가 AI 에이전트, 로봇과 유기적으로 협업하는 새로운 거시경제적 구조 제안.기존 기술로 자동화 가능한 58%의 노동 시간 스펙트럼 분석: 비물리적 업무의 44%는 지능형 에이전트가 처리하고 물리적 과업의 14%는 로봇이 보조하는 형태로 업무 프로세스의 전면적인 대개조 예고.기술 엔지니어 양성을 넘어선 전사적 'AI 문해력(Fluency)'의 확산 시급성:...

Europe’s AI Future May Be Less About Job Loss Than About Rebuilding Work Around People, Agents, and RobotsMcKinsey Global Institute’s new report, Agents, robots, and us: How AI reshapes work and skills in Europe, argues that Europe is moving toward a new labor model in which people increasingly work alongside AI agents and robots rather than simply being replaced by them. The report frames this shift as especially important for Europe because the region is facing an aging workforce, persistent labor shortages, and weaker productivity growt...

Forget legs or hands—Stretch 4 is a useful robot that can actually work in homes.Many roboticists (and at least one robotics journalist) have been seduced by the dream of a robot butler. And the rampant popularity of videos showing humanoid robots doing household tasks in improbably clean kitchens and unrealistically tidy bedrooms suggests that we’re not the only ones interested in a robot that can do our chores. But for all kinds of reasons, legged humanoids are not yet ready for industrial or commercial applications at scale, and home ap...

For the first time since the AI race began, more American businesses are paying for Anthropic's Claude than for OpenAI's ChatGPT. Adoption of Anthropic rose 3.8% in April to 34.4% of businesses, according to the May 2026 release of the Ramp AI Index. OpenAI's adoption fell 2.9% to 32.3%. Overall AI adoption among businesses rose 0.2 percentage points to 50.6%. The crossover — published Tuesday by Ramp, the corporate card and finance automation platform that tracks spending patterns across more than 50,000 U.S. businesses — marks the culmin...

Electronic rings wirelessly connected to an AI system are capable of translating multiple sign languages into text, a new study finds.“I believe this is an important step toward making sign language translation systems more practical, lightweight, and usable in real-world environments,” says Ki Jun Yu, an associate professor of electrical and electronic engineering at Yonsei University in Korea.More than 300 differen tsign languages are used worldwide, and many research projects are developing translation devices for communicating with peo...

Cowboy Space Corporation has raised $275 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures, reaching a $2 billion valuation.Founded in 2024 by Baiju Bhatt, the company is building orbital data centres and rockets to run AI compute in space.The fresh funding will be used to accelerate the deployment of space-based AI infrastructure.Earth’s computing systems are under strain as the demand for AI grows. Data centres are facing issues with power limits, cooling, and space constraints. However, Cowboy Space Corporation believes the answer might...

Just under three in ten Americans (29 percent) own equity investments such as stocks or ETFs. That's what the results of a recent survey by statista conducted between April 2025 and March 2026 show. By comparison, 32 percent of Americans didn't own any financial products or investments.Only 18 percent of respondents in the U.S. said they own cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, and investments in precious metals were even rarer, concerning only 10 percent of those surveyed.Many Americans Are Cutting Back on SpendingAs a rising number of people in...

Icelandic outdoor brand 66°North is marking 100 years with a portrait exhibition — one subject born in every year since its founding in 1926, each with a personal connection to the brand.Founded in 1926 to clothe fishermen working the North Atlantic, 66°North has grown alongside Iceland itself.To mark 100 years, the brand conducted an open casting call before spending the past year travelling across the country to photograph its participants.The result is a cross-section of Icelandic life: fishermen, farmers, doctors, musicians and grandp...

SPIN is a foldable bicycle helmet designed to address the practical limitations associated with conventional helmet use in urban environments. Developed by designer Krittika Bhekasut, the project combines a compact folding mechanism with visual references drawn from vintage cycling equipment, positioning the helmet between protective gear and personal accessory. The design responds to the difficulty of carrying and storing rigid helmets during everyday commuting. SPIN introduces a segmented shell structure that allows the helmet to collapse...