Get ahead with daily markets updates.Join the FT's WhatsApp channelRecyclers turn to AI robots after waste import bansTechnology enables unpicking of everything from product logos to valuable car componentsHow AI helps historians solve ancient puzzlesDigital humanities battles for funding against future-focused applications of artificial intelligenceCoronavirus accelerates the rise of the robot harvesterLabour shortfall gives new urgency to development of smart fruit and vegetable pickersAI ‘only scratching the surface’ of potential in financial servicesTech can spot fraud and analyse sentiment as further advances are set to transform the sectorAnti-social robots help to increase coronavirus social distancingPandemic-driven push to cut workplace interaction buoys makers of automated carts‘Death of the office’ exaggerated despite homeworking boomAI-driven tech is accelerating the shift but cannot yet replicate creative meetings
Recyclers turn to AI robots after waste import bansTechnology enables unpicking of everything from product logos to valuable car componentsHow AI helps historians solve ancient puzzlesDigital humanities battles for funding against future-focused applications of artificial intelligenceCoronavirus accelerates the rise of the robot harvesterLabour shortfall gives new urgency to development of smart fruit and vegetable pickersAI ‘only scratching the surface’ of potential in financial servicesTech can spot fraud and analyse sentiment as further advances are set to transform the sectorAnti-social robots help to increase coronavirus social distancingPandemic-driven push to cut workplace interaction buoys makers of automated carts‘Death of the office’ exaggerated despite homeworking boomAI-driven tech is accelerating the shift but cannot yet replicate creative meetings