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• Who Pays for AI?

  Today, AI (artificial intelligence) dominates nearly every conversation in business and technology. Companies are racing to deploy it. Investors are pouring billions into it. Governments are trying to understand it. And consumers are increasingly relying on it. But amid all the excitement, there is a question that deserves far more attention: Who pays for AI? [...]

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• Why Trust Will Determine AI’s Future in Construction

  In the construction industry, AI (artificial intelligence) has become the centerpiece of nearly every technology conversation today. However, amid all the excitement surrounding AI’s capabilities, we are sometimes overlooking a more fundamental issue. The future of AI will not be determined by technology alone. It will be determined by trust. Recently, I caught up with [...]

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• Summer Safety Series: The Cost of Ignoring Safety

  June is National Safety Month—a moment to pause and recommit to making worker safety a 365‑day priority for every worker, on every job, every day. One of the biggest misconceptions in construction is that serious safety incidents only happen on large, high-profile projects. Let’s unpack this today. In reality, small construction projects can be just [...]

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• Was “Tik-Tok of Oz” the First Intelligent Robot to Appear in Literature?

  For all robot aficionados, this popped up in the June 7, 2026,  morning edition of JSTOR Daily, highlighting an article written in May by Livia Gershon: “Did the First Robot Come from Oz?” If so, then I nominate it for the title of “The Great Grandad of Artificially Intelligent Robots” and have gained a newfound [...]

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• Success Stories: Smart Sensor, Smarter Decisions

  As technology continues to evolve, researchers are finding new ways to make devices faster, smarter, and more efficient. Now, a new breakthrough in optical sensor technology could help surgical robots, space rovers, and other intelligent systems analyze information instantly without relying on cloud computing or large AI (artificial intelligence) processors. Researchers at Texas A&M University [...]

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