#2129 Pepper / WHO / Zoom / Github Copilot / Agriculture

SoftBank Group Corp is cutting jobs in its global robotics business and has ceased production of its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents verified by Reuters, as the group downgrades its industry ambitions.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-softbank-shrinks-robotics-business-stops-pepper-production-sources-2021-06-28/

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improving health care and medicine around the world, but only if ethics and human rights are at the center of their design, deployment and use, according to the new guidelines published today by the WHO.

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-06-2021-who-issues-first-global-report-on-ai-in-health-and-six-guiding-principles-for-its-design-and-use

As companies expand worldwide and meet online in tools like Zoom, the language barrier can be a real barrier to getting the job done.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/29/zoom-to-acquire-german-startup-to-bring-real-time-translation-to-meetings/?guccounter=1

Today we're releasing a technical preview of GitHub Copilot, a new AI pair programmer to help you write better code.

https://github.blog/2021-06-29-introducing-github-copilot-ai-pair-programmer/

Research has shown that the use of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture could offer a practical solution to the challenges that threaten global food security.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/30/could-artificial-intelligence-stop-840-million-people-from-going-hungry-by-2030

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