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AI anxiety is rising fast as workers fear job disruption while demand for AI skills explodes across hiring markets, which means the safest career move right now is learning how to work with AI before your job description learns without you. Heavy lifting robots are officially clocking in as Galbot’s S1 muscles into real factories and handles tough industrial tasks, which means your next process improvement meeting may include someone who never asks for overtime but still needs a safety briefing. Google is rolling out agentic commerce with a universal protocol that lets AI handle shopping and checkout end to end, which means corporate teams should get ready for customers buying things through conversations while you are still hunting for the login to the dashboard.

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• 🏋️‍♂️ Heavy Lifting Robots – Enter Real Factories.

• 🌐 Google – Unleashes Agentic Commerce Shopping Protocol.

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😰🤖 AI Anxiety Explodes: Workers Fear Jobs While AI Skills Surge

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A new Randstad Workmonitor survey shows deepening anxiety around AI at work. Four out of five employees believe AI will significantly affect their daily tasks, with Gen Z expressing the highest concern. At the same time, demand for “AI agent” skills is soaring, highlighting a widening gap between workforce fears and labour-market expectations.

📌The Download

• Widespread concern – Randstad’s Workmonitor survey found that 80% of workers believe artificial intelligence will impact their day-to-day work. Many respondents expect meaningful changes in responsibilities, workflows and performance expectations as AI tools spread across organisations.

• Gen Z most anxious – Younger workers, particularly Gen Z, reported the highest levels of concern about AI’s effect on their careers. The findings suggest early-career professionals feel more vulnerable to automation and role disruption than older cohorts.

• Skills demand surging – Despite anxiety, job postings referencing “AI agent” skills have increased by 1,587%. Employers are rapidly seeking talent that can work with, manage or design AI-driven systems rather than avoid them.

• Growing disconnect – The data highlights a gap between worker sentiment and employer behaviour. While employees worry about displacement, organisations are accelerating hiring for AI-related roles, signalling a shift toward augmentation rather than elimination.

💡What This Means for You

AI is reshaping expectations faster than comfort levels. As a professional, ignoring AI is riskier than engaging with it. Building practical AI literacy, understanding agent-based tools and adapting your role to work alongside AI can reduce anxiety and increase relevance as organisations prioritise skills over static job definitions.

🏋️‍♂️🏭 Heavy‑Lifting S1 Robot Muscles Into Factories

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Beijing‑based Galbot launched the S1 heavy‑duty embodied intelligence robot designed for factories. Its dual arms lift 50 kilograms continuously, operate eight hours on two quick‑swap batteries and navigate without QR codes using 360° perception sensors. The S1 is already working at battery maker CATL, with partnerships across industries expanding soon.

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• Heavy‑duty design – Galbot’s S1 is an embodied AI robot with dual arms capable of lifting 50 kilograms continuously and performing tasks that demand strength and precision. It is built for factory environments, enabling robots to handle heavy parts safely.

• Endurance & power – The S1 operates eight hours on dual lithium batteries that can be hot‑swapped for continuous shifts. Its durable drivetrain and actuators allow it to work in harsh industrial settings without frequent downtime.

• Vision & navigation – Unlike earlier robots that rely on QR codes, the S1 uses 360° perception and visual SLAM to map environments. It navigates dynamic factory floors, avoids obstacles and collaborates with other machines and humans.

• Deployments & partnerships – The S1 is already working at battery maker CATL and Galbot is partnering with manufacturers including Bosch, Toyota and Haier. The company will scale production to meet demand as embodied AI adoption accelerates.

💡What This Means for You

Heavy‑duty embodied AI is ready for industrial use. Supply‑chain and production managers should evaluate payload capacity, endurance and visual navigation when integrating robots like the S1. Real deployments with major manufacturers signal that flexible automation will redefine labour distribution and demand new maintenance, safety and union collaboration protocols everywhere soon.

🌐🛍️ Google Unveils Universal Commerce Protocol and Agentic Retail Suite

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At the National Retail Federation, Google revealed the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard for agentic shopping built with major retailers. UCP enables native checkout on Google surfaces, while Gemini Enterprise unifies search, commerce and service into one agentic platform. Wing will expand its drone deliveries soon, rolling out.

📌The Download

• Open protocol debut – Google introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open, agnostic and accessible standard for agentic commerce built with major retailers. Compatible with existing protocols such as Agent2Agent, UCP works across verticals and is available now worldwide.

• Native checkout & personalisation – UCP lets merchants personalise offers and loyalty enrolment directly in Google Search and Gemini. Shoppers can complete purchases with a few taps using Google Pay without leaving the conversation, while retailers remain the merchant of record.

• Gemini Enterprise rollout – Google launched Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, unifying search, commerce and service into one platform. It powers shopping assistants and agentic search for early partners and is currently in preview.

• Wing delivery expansion – Wing’s drone delivery service will start in Houston and expand to Orlando, Tampa and Charlotte. Wing and Walmart doubled deliveries in existing markets in 2025, signalling momentum for on‑demand drone logistics.

💡What This Means for You

UCP and Gemini Enterprise show that agentic commerce is arriving. Professionals should anticipate AI assistants coordinating discovery and purchase, requiring integration with open standards and cross‑platform checkout. Preparing data, loyalty programs and logistics to work with new protocols will be key to capturing AI‑driven retail opportunities in the coming years.

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• Emergent Raises $70 M to Democratise Coding: Emergent, an AI startup that turns natural language into working software, raised $70 million in Series B financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund and Khosla Ventures, bringing total capital to $110 million. With more than five million users and $50 million in recurring revenue, it will expand research teams and accelerate product development soon.

• UK Calls for AI Stress Tests: British lawmakers urged financial regulators to run AI‑specific stress tests and publish consumer‑protection guidance by end‑2026 to prevent fraud and instability.

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