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Truck beds for the Ford 2018 and 2019 F-150 are welded in the body shop at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex on September 27, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan. - Ford Motor Company's Rouge complex is the only one in American history to manufacture vehicles including ships, tractors and cars non-stop for 100 years. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Manufacturing & Supply Chains How robotics is reshaping manufacturing | The TechTank Podcast

Darrell M. West, Suzy Teele

July 6, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts next to Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and European Council President Antonio Costa (R) talk in the foreground during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026.

Technology Policy & Regulation G7 should accept AI standards offer, but make it enforceable

Tom Wheeler

July 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the "Winning the AI Race" summit hosted by All‑In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump signed executive orders related to his Artificial Intelligence Action Plan during the event.

Technology Policy & Regulation The Trump administration’s embargo on Anthropic’s latest models scorches its hopes to export American AI

Cameron F. Kerry

July 1, 2026

Corporations Orbital data centers’ feasibility gap is a governance risk

Lauren Tokos

June 25, 2026

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