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  1. The rise in automation and what it means for the future

    Apr 7, 2021 · Automation drives down costs, improves agility and makes new business models practical, with a potential upside of more than tenfold improvement in efficiency. The elephant in the room, …

  2. Sustainability: Electrification and automation of energy

    Jan 14, 2026 · And electrification and automation offer huge, untapped potential for energy savings in industry, buildings, transport and infrastructure. Electricity can be consumed more efficiently than …

  3. Physical AI in Industrial Operations | World Economic Forum

    Sep 4, 2025 · Industrial operations are at a pivotal moment, shaped by rising complexity and workforce shortages, and further amplified by global uncertainties. This white paper explores how advances in …

  4. The Future of Jobs Report 2025 | World Economic Forum

    Jan 7, 2025 · Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts and the green transition – individually and in combination are among the major drivers …

  5. What is intelligent automation and how might it help us? | World ...

    Sep 21, 2021 · Intelligent automation is a combination of methods involving people, organizations and also technologies involving machine learning. Intelligent automation is aimed at automating end-to …

  6. How industries can use automation to innovate - The World Economic …

    Mar 9, 2021 · Universal automation is the world of “plug and produce” automation software components that solve specific customer problems in a proven way. Think of it as the dawn of an industrial …

  7. How AI is transforming the factory floor | World Economic Forum

    Oct 22, 2024 · A global automation programme guides factory-scale adoption and use-case sharing, governed by central and local digital transformation offices, with plans to establish a lighthouse …

  8. How robotics and AI solutions could reshape heavy industry

    May 20, 2025 · Heavy industry remains one of the last frontiers of automation, yet a new center demonstrates how AI and robotics can transform how we build physical infrastructure.

  9. Future of Jobs Report 2025: The jobs of the future - The World …

    Jan 8, 2025 · These are the jobs predicted to see the highest growth in demand and the skills workers will likely need, according to the Future of Jobs Report 2025.

  10. Future of Jobs Report 2025: These are the fastest growing and …

    Jan 9, 2025 · The Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 examines how broadening digital access is affecting the world of work – and looks at the fastest growing and declining job roles.