In this episode of “Automation Chat," Executive Editor Theresa Houck highlights news in industrial automation and manufacturing. Learn about new research on IT spending growth, enterprise adoption of GenAI, and an increase in both manufacturing jobs and facilities and how companies are dealing with the worker shortage.

You’ll also get news on:

• How the EPA’s Clean Air Act air-monitoring ruling will affect chemical processing companies, and implications of the EPA’s ban on methylene chloride.
• Unilever Ice Cream’s $21 million awarded to reduce carbon emissions.
• How marketing pros plan to protect their social-media brands from deceptive GenAI practices.
• How students and young professionals can win $1,000 from the IEC.

As always, get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.

Resources from this episode:

• Download the MIT Technology Review Insights report, “The Great Acceleration: CIO Perspectives on Generative AI.”
• Read results of the “2024 Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute Talent Study.”
• Learn about and enter the IEC U.S. National Committee Don Heirman Award Program.
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