When AI gets physical: a peek inside the factories of the future

The ChatGPT moment for robotics is here,” Nvidia boss Jensen Huang said. And nowhere is that more obvious than on the factory floor, where machines aren’t just becoming more agile, but smarter, too. Last November, Money Talks took a trip to Siemens in Germany, to tour the factories of the future.

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This is a special episode, first recorded by The Economist, to uncover the future of factories. Their crew interviewed a handful of guests including Cedrik Neike, Rainer Brehm and Stephan Schlauss.