Michigan already operates one of the nation's largest earn-while-you-learn systems. Now the question is whether that model can be expanded to train workers who will install, operate and repair the robots, automation systems and artificial intelligence transforming manufacturing. ANN ARBOR - Michigan spent generations teaching workers to become electricians, tool-and-die makers, machinists, millwrights and other
ANN ARBOR — MITechNews is building a statewide directory of Michigan artificial intelligence companies designed to answer a deceptively simple question: Who is actually building Michigan's AI economy? The MITechNews Michigan AI Directory, scheduled to launch in September, will identify and categorize companies developing artificial intelligence products, platforms and services across the state. MITechNews already
Artificial intelligence could make Michigan businesses dramatically more productive while reducing the number of workers they need. That raises an uncomfortable question: If machines increasingly create the wealth, how do people get enough money to buy what the machines produce? ANN ARBOR - Yesterday, MITechNews examined three possible artificial intelligence futures for Michigan. In the
LG Energy Solution Starts Production At Lansing Battery Plant As AI Power Demand Opens A Second Market For Michigan’s EV Investments LANSING — Michigan spent billions of dollars and years of economic-development effort preparing for an electric-vehicle revolution. Now the explosive growth of artificial intelligence may give some of those investments a second — and
STERLING HEIGHTS - Eighty years after Detroit became the Arsenal of Democracy, the Pentagon is once again turning to Detroit, which helped win World War II. Velocity, an MEDC SmartZone located in the Sterling Heighta, is hosting the Velocity Emerging Defense Tech 5X5 Pitch Competition during the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium at
ANN ARBOR – Michigan's automotive industry has weathered supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and the transition to electric vehicles. But a new report suggests its next challenge may be finding workers with the digital and technical skills needed for an industry increasingly powered by artificial intelligence, automation and software. Nearly one in three automotive employers
ANN ARBOR — No, your next Hyundai probably won't look like a miniature wind farm. But the newly discovered patent illustrates just how creative automakers have become in the search for every additional mile of EV range. Hyundai and Kia engineers have patented one of the more unusual ideas yet—a vehicle-mounted wind turbine system designed
GRAND RAPIDS – As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, cyberattacks become more sophisticated, and the digital gaming industry continues its explosive growth, colleges across Michigan are rethinking how they prepare students for the jobs of the future. Aquinas College is the latest institution to adapt, announcing three new technology-focused majors that will launch in Fall 2026:
ANN ARBOR — As artificial intelligence floods the internet with generic content and shrinking attention spans make visibility harder than ever, two veteran Michigan business journalists are launching a boutique executive communications and thought leadership agency designed to help companies “own the conversation” in their industries. Longtime technology journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush have
DETROIT - Michigan may be on the verge of its next industrial transformation — and this time it may have less to do with automobiles than robots. As artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing continue converging, Michigan’s traditional mobility industry is increasingly evolving into something much broader: robotics drones AI-powered manufacturing autonomous logistics defense
